Faith

What is Faith? I have been doing a lot of research over the last few weeks and to me, I believe that Faith is the most important thing in life.  Without, we are not whole, and with it, we can do all things.  Yet, why is it so hard for us girls to seize control and just have the Faith?  We want to control every situation and everyone around us, instead of just having Faith and letting God control our lives.  It is actually freeing to have Faith and let God take the reigns.  It takes the pressure off of us! Lets look in the bible....According to Jesus' brother, James, he says to look at situations as a challenge, a challenge to have Faith and let God guide you. For me, these words are powerful.  Sometimes we feel like bad situations are happening all around us, really that is when God is working in our lives to help us learn to have Faith.  This is how you gain maturity in the Faith. James goes on to say "let God work his will in you, yell a loud no to the Devil and watch him scamper" (4.7-10).  Having Faith in Him is the only way to go, the only way to resist the Devil.  Furthermore, in 1 Peter, we are told that when you trust God, he is a Stone that will not falter, a Stone that we can be proud of, but if we refuse, then it will be a stone  that will trip us up, one that will block our way.