Mediocre faith

I am fed up of mediocre faith, the below will define what mediocre faith is to me:-

Mediocre faith is saying we believe in Jesus but not acting on it.

Mediocre faith is not really loving others but just making it look like we do.

Mediocre faith is putting worldly things above God.

Mediocre faith is wasting any opportunity, no matter how small, to tell others about my faith.

Mediocre faith is being unwilling to give up something for God.

Mediocre faith is thinking I know better than God.

Mediocre faith is denying God's Word.

Mediocre faith is not practicing what we preach.

Mediocre faith is putting what others think before what God thinks.

Mediocre faith is not believing that God sees you as beautiful in His eyes.

When I come to think of it, mediocre faith isn't really faith at all.

Do you have any to add?? Please go for it in the comments section :-) Let's pray that we can all have a faith that is at least as small as a mustard seed and that it would move mountains in Jesus' Name!

Matthew 17:20
He replied, “Because you have so little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you. ”

Football Focus

Hebrews 12:2
Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

I play for a football team in a local Churches league, we train on Thursdays and hope to play matches on Saturdays. I say hope because the Welsh weather hasn;t been too kind and our game last Saturday was our first since Novermber 13th. Even then, we shouldn't really have played as the ground was solid. Anyway, football has taught me a few things about faith and I am going to share them.

• When you lose concentration, you go off course

If I am driving a car and start looking to see if I know that person walking down the road, I will naturally steer towards in the direction of what I am looking at. This obviously isn't good! It is the same with football, when I'm daydreaming about things and not concentrating on the game I am not prepared for any situations I may face. Likewise, in our Christian lives when our thoughts are on other things than Christ we will steer in the directions of those things and not towards Him. If I am not focusing on Him, I will not be prepared for the situations and challenges I will face in life.

• Confidence is everything

Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.

Mark 9:23

  “‘If you can’?” said Jesus. “Everything is possible for him who believes.”

It is amazing how your performances in any of life's situations can differ with your belief, especially in football. In the professional game players can go from being worth millions of pounds to nothing, just by losing confidence and not playing as well. Even my performance can differ crazily from how confident I am in my abilities. Jesus said above that EVERYTHING is possible if we believe. No, 'I don't think I can do it', No 'I'm not good enough', No 'It's not my gifting'. YOU CAN DO IT. JESUS HAS PROMISED & GOD NEVER LIES!

Let's all have faith in Christ as we fix our eyes on Him. Especially me!