Oct 22 2009
Belief Becomes Knowledge
You may have seen this photograph. I posted it last summer under the headline, “What Are You Harvesting?”
The implication was that I wanted to harvest more than the fruits of my garden outside; I wanted to harvest the fruit of the Spirit.
That was my same desire when I hung this scripture from Galatians with a wreath of fruit on my kitchen wall. I believed it. I’d felt all of these attributes and knew the Spirit brought them to me.
But the time between belief and knowledge often brings a drop from just feeling with our emotions to actually having experiences that require us to practice with our actions.
Now, I keep that scripture there because it is not just on my wall; it’s in my heart. I know we have received from that harvest.
Even though the growing season is over outside for this year, the Lord has sown an abundance of blessings in my heart that I now reap. With this fruit of the Spirit, I’ve experienced an increase of success in both my relationships and my writing goals, which are often intertwined.
The joy I feel tells me that this belief has become knowledge. And that’s just what I need to prepare me for a “sweet” opportunity I have this weekend.
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I admire your faith. To read what you have written, knowing what you have been going through, shows the great trust and faith you have in the Lord. I pray his blessings will pour down on you and your family in response to that faith.