Words To Remember - "The Order of Faith" Part II

Continuing in "The Order of Faith", we now look at the following passages of Scripture:

Psalm 37:4 - "Take delight in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart"; and John 15:7 - "If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask for whatever you wish, and it will be done for you." (NRSV).  

In the above verses, we see further confirmation to the truth of "The Order of Faith" which says:  the primary purpose and function of faith is not to acquire material things (i.e. a bigger house, a nicer car, more money, a better job, the perfect mate), but rather it is to please God.  See, we mostly hear about faith as it relates to acquiring material things, but we really do need to understand that the faith that we have is to primarily obey and please God.  For we can exercise our faith to acquire things, and thereby be impressive to ourselves and others, but all along we can be in a state of losing our own souls; that is definitely not God's will for our lives.

God wants us to first and foremost delight ourselves in Him.  He wants us to above all else abide or live in Him and His words in us, for it is then and only then will He grant us our hearts desire and grant us what we wish.  For if we are delighting or taking pleasure in Him; and if we are abiding in Him and His words in us, then that means that His desire becomes our desire, and our desire becomes His desire, so then He can give us what we desire and wish because it will not be contrary to His will and what pleases Him.

Again, there is an order to faith, and that order involves pleasing God, and then allowing Him to add all things to us.  "The Order of Faith."