Picking Things Back Up Part 4

[00:00:15.88]Welcome back to Rooted&Real! We’re keeping it real, huh?
[00:00:22.52]And we’ve been picking up things back.
[00:00:26.96]We picked up Peace.
[00:00:28.44]We picked up Your Voice.
[00:00:31.81]We picked up Small Joys.
[00:00:34.84]Today you know what we’re picking up? Faith, because some of us, when we let go of people, we
[00:00:43.84]accidentally let go of God too.
[00:00:48.93]So today we pick up that faith.
[00:00:52.04]And I understand it because I’ve been there, you’re mad, you’re disappointed, you asked,
[00:00:58.72]but God was silent.
[00:01:00.96]So you put your Bible down, and then you haven’t picked it up since.
[00:01:06.12]And I so get it.
[00:01:09.25]Faith gets bruised when life does.
[00:01:13.77]But please don’t forget, bruised faith is still faith.
[00:01:21.03]Be honest with God, even say something like, “God, I don’t trust you right now.”
[00:01:29.63]You know, that is still a prayer.
[00:01:32.29]He can handle your doubt.
[00:01:35.27]Start with presence, not performance.
[00:01:39.86]You don’t owe God a two hour devotion. Sit. Breathe.
[00:01:51.64]Just saying, “I’m here” counts.
[00:01:57.89]And remind yourself of an answered prayer at one time in your life.
[00:02:04.54]There’s a time also in your life that God showed up, okay?
[00:02:08.77]Pick up that memory.
[00:02:10.65]When doubt gets loud, let it remind you that God is still with you and still got you.
[00:02:19.93]And faith isn’t pretending that you’re okay.
[00:02:27.06]It’s staying, faith, it’s staying when you’re not okay.
[00:02:37.47]Pick up faith like a child picks up their parents hand in the dark, you know, the way
[00:02:41.76]you just grow up and leave, oh, you’re not too far gone.
[00:02:46.19]God is still there. He’s still here, and He’s got you.
[00:02:52.40]So pick Him up.