Bold Faith
Numbers 12:1-11 tells the story of the Daughters of Zelophehad and his daughters. Zelophehad died leaving no sons. He had five daughters but his possessions could only be inherited by a son.
There was a gathering to discuss how to share Zelophehad's possessions. The daughters Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah Milcah and Tirzah approached the meeting and asked of Moses and all present:
(4) "Why should the name of our father be taken away from his clan because he has no son. Give to us a possession among our fathers brothers.
The daughters approached these men because they had faith. Faith that God would hear and help them. Moses took their case to the Lord.
(6) The Lord said this to Moses: "The daughters of Zelophehad are right in what they are saying; you shall indeed let them possess an inheritance among their fathers brothers and pass the inheritance onto his daughter. If he has no daughters then you shall give the inheritance to the fathers brothers. (11) It shall be for the Israelites a statute and ordinance," as the Lord commanded Moses.
The daughters made the request because they would be left with nothing, but they had faith that God would not allow this to happen to them. They showed a bold faith by bringing this to Moses and the gathering. Women did not have a voice in those days, so the daughters took a risk in bringing their request forward.
God loves people that live with a bold faith, that aren't afraid to press forward even when the path is intimidating. This is what God is looking for from each of us. If the daughters had been timid and taken their time deciding what to do, God would not have been pleased, the opportunity would have passed them by and this story would have been very different. It was their boldness that pleased God and changed the statute and ordinance of that day to help all women in the same plight, for generations to come.
I know there are times when God wants me to be bolder in my faith and my actions, as he does with most people. My Pastors are people with bold faith. The step forward with that bold faith and great things are happening for and with them. Their messages are all about boldness in our faith and our actions for God. Bold Faith, we should all be seeking this.
Mark 11:24 So I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it and it will be yours.
Hebrews 4:16 Let us therefore approach the throne of Grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and grace to help in times of need.
1 John 5:14-15 And this is the boldness we have in him, that is we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have obtained the requests made of him.
Ephesians 3:20 Now to Him who by the power at work within us is able to accomplish abundantly far more than all we ask or imagine.
Every step that God has made from the creation of the world, to giving his Son unto death, to allowing us to live in grace, even though not one of us are deserving of this, is showing us what bold faith looks like. He is expecting us to find our bold faith and act on it. We all need to step out of our comfort zone and embrace what God is looking for from us. If we sit in our comfort zone and don't press forward all we are doing is coasting. Be bold today! Take that intimidating next step and please the Lord.