In life, it is common place to have one contingency or the other when we make plans so that if one doesn't pan out, we can breathe a sigh of relief knowing that we at least have another to fall back on.
While such a practice of not putting one's eggs in just one basket is indeed a logical and strategic one, that gives one the much needed alternative solution to leverage on, when it comes to our faith in God however, we must totally put aside such propensity of self-help.
The existence of a "plan B" in any matter you have committed to God, just in case He doesn't pull through for you, is proof of your lack of complete confidence in His Almighty ability to save and to provide.
Faith, which must be one's total confidence in God is essential for us to access all we desire and ask of God, because it is the only way by which God can intervene in the affairs of men for as in Mark 9:23, “ '... “Everything is possible for one who believes.”
Harbouring doubt, even a little bit; to the point of agreeing to a backup plan simply negates the faith we need to have in God for him to step in to our situation, for as in Hebrews 11:6, without faith it is impossible to please God, talk-less have Him fulfil our requests because our relationship with Him must be by faith or nothing at all.
Our faith in the One we believe to be Almighty should be absolute, if we truly have the complete confidence in Him through what we have personally heard and experienced of him in the past.
Our unshakeable belief in God should get us to the point like in Luke 18:28, where it was recorded that Peter said to Jesus, “We have left all we had to follow you!”
In Matthew 6:31,34, it is written,
31. So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'
34. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Jesus in the scripture above, admonishes us not to worry; to give no thought (according to the KJV version) about our daily needs or even our needs for the day to come.
The proof of our faith is not just confessing and saying to others that we have complete confidence in God's Word, for Faith is not faith, unless it is tested; for the testing of our faith is the confirmation that we actually believe.
Our faith can be tested in a number of ways like when everything looks like it has failed and we are prompted to respond about the plausibility of what we hoped would happen. In such times we need to remain resolute and still continue to confess what we believe the outcome should be, no matter how foolish our utterances may sound, even in the midst of overwhelming facts that prove the opposite.
So, if we have asked God to meet a need or want, we must work on not pondering over the matter again.
In having complete confidence in God's Almighty ability to fulfil what we desire of Him, we must make up our minds that we will not brood over the issue to the point that we start to harbour doubts or start looking for a backup, just incase He doesn't come through for us.
Shalom!
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