No matter what we’re going after, its always helpful to do it with other people. When we first become Christians, we don’t know a lot about Christ or His word. As we begin to grow, we want to find out more.

As we get stronger, people attach themselves to our strength and we take them on the journey. As the kingdom of God is revealed to the earth through the church, we are on a journey of growth. James says for us to appreciate the trials we go through because that is part of our growth. Not many of us will have our faith tested by living or dying like the New Testament saints did. That’s not to downplay our testing, but we just need to keep it in perspective.

Sometimes things go on around our life that we have no control over, and our only answer is to trust God. When we can’t work it out in our brain or see the answer, all we have left is our trust in God. Trusting in God starts with small steps of faith. Sometimes even just coming to God’s house requires trust. There is always something that is just beyond our reach that God will ask of us. That is right where God wants us, because all we can do is trust Him. Doing anything else will take us AWAY from where we want to go. There’s only one move we can make and that’s to go forward.

Jesus required something of the people that He healed (spit in the mud, the woman that touched His garment). When we read about miracles, the person that is getting healed is always involved in the miracle. Jesus could have instantly turned the water pots into wine. He could have just laid hands on whoever He wanted and they would have been healed. But he wanted them to take part of their own miracles. Faith without action is like a rocket without fuel. We move, God moves.

Luke 17:11 - If you were a leper, you were an outcast. In the Bible, leprosy can often represent sin. When there is sin in our life, we can’t connect to God because He is pure and holy and can’t fellowship with sin.

Jesus told the lepers to go and show themselves to the priest. In the Torah, if lepers were healed, the first thing that they had to do was to show themselves to the priest so that they could do a ritual. Jesus was speaking to them as if they were already healed - the only way that they could go to see the priest was if they were healed. So, the lepers WENT to the temple…and as they WENT, they were HEALED! They moved and God moved. That is the way that God works.

When we hear about a promise, we have to move towards God. We have to believe by moving, and God moves with us. We can’t find what God has for us unless we move. Do what you can do, so that God can do what you CAN’T do. It will take boldness and a huge trust factor, but we just have to start moving.

When we are standing still, God has no power in our lives. When we move, we unleash the power of heaven, and the supernatural power of God. Faith isn’t complicated: it just requires action on our part. No matter where we want to go, we have to just start moving. We move, God moves - bottom line. We are going to live our lives by making moves. Will we make bad choices? Yes. But don’t let your pride get in the way of turning around and moving again.

In the area of Reach, we are all making sacrifices. We will keep moving towards the new building through our commitments. This is a faith move and something that will build our family.