Crawling In Faith

“If I say, “My foot slips,” Your mercy, O Lord, will hold me up.”

Psalm 94:18

It is a beautiful and amazing experience for anyone who has ever watched a child crawl for the first, second, third, or fiftieth time. There is much to be said about the glow and excitement in the eyes of a toddler and those watching. There is hope that the crawl will inevitably become a walk. There is joy in such growth.

But the thing about growing up whether under the guidance of God’s word or not, we often forget that we are still children in the eyes of our heavenly father.

See we often tell ourselves to ‘walk by faith and not by sight,’ because to watch a grown person crawl is not always a blissful sight.

Whenever we crawl, it is usually caused by distress or agony of some sort.

Nevertheless, I am plagued by a question today. Why are we so eager to walk in faith but refuse to crawl first in faith?

We have all become so accustomed to the idea of walking in faith, that we have forgotten that crawling in faith should come first.

Could it be that we struggle in our walk in faith because we don’t want to crawl first? Could it be that the decrees of tradition and generation to walk first in faith, has hindered our ability to crawl first in the sight of our merciful Father?

How ironic is it that you are already in position to bow, kneel, and worship when crawling? Is that not what it takes to then build the strength to get up one foot at a time to then begin to walk in our faith?

How do you crawl in faith?

If you are like me, you are in a place, in desperate need of God’s counsel. You are in a vulnerable state of mind, body, or spirit, where you refuse to move unless you see the footsteps of God lightening the path before you.

Friend, in this place, right here. Right where you are. In your desolation. In your solitude. In your frustration. In your discomfort. In your tears. In your confusion. In your waiting. In your mess. In your filth. In your weakness. In your sadness. In your fear. In your uncertainty. In your revelation. In your battle. In your struggle. In your silence. In your cry. THIS IS WHERE YOU CRAWL!

You crawl in faith by looking to your Almighty Father in heaven, seeking him even in the midst of what seems like total dysfunction and chaos in you and all around you. You call on the Name that is greater than all other names.

You utter the words, “Jesus.” You bow your head and say, “Abba Father.”

Your prayer begins with giving honor to the One who can do ALL things for HE created ALL things.

And even if you don’t have the words to say it, let God into your heart, and crawl faithfully in silence to the Father whose arms are always open to embrace you for a job well done even if you don’t know it yet.

I pray today that our Father who art in heaven, whose Will be done on earth as it is in heaven, will give you this day your daily bread, and forgive you your trespasses as you first learn to crawl in faith before you can walk in it, in Jesus name. Amen.