Pray the words of this Lazaroo aloud…with fiery indignation:

“…you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.”
(1 Peter 1:9)

Thanks for the reminder, Jesus.

Faith isn’t some generic characteristic all nice people should aspire to have.

My culture parrots phrases like –

“You gotta have faith!”

as though it’s a standalone value
unattached to anything in particular.

“Just believe!”

they intone – without saying in what –
as though belief itself is the point.

“You’ve got to believe in something”

they preach – as though I can pick at random

a person
place
thing

to trust.

Really?

If they truly believe in “belief”
why do they recommend it

with such an air of condescension?

No.

There’s a point to this business of

being sure of what I hope for
certain of what I cannot see.

My faith is in You.

And it has a real, tangible, all-important goal:

the salvation of my

needy
sorry
sin-sick

soul.

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2 Chronicles 20:20; Isaiah 7:9; Matthew 9:20-22; Matthew 9:28-30; Mark 2:1-12; Mark 11:22-24; John 2:11; John 8:28-30; Hebrews 11:1; Hebrews 11:6

What is Lazaroo?

Take Me Deeper

Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright© 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.