Walking by faith

So I've been thinking quite a bit lately about faith. I've also been reading quite a bit about faith seeing as how I have had to read Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Job in the last week for class.  Let's just say my brain is a tad overstimulated and having quite the time processing everything that is currently passing through it. But studying the Bible is truly epic. It blows my mind and I love having God blow my mind.

Sitting down going into the word, you read about all of these amazing people who practiced living out faith. Noah built an ark when it had never rained. Abraham went to the promised land even though he didn't know where he was going and he lived there even when he didn't posses it. Isaac and Jacob also received this promise in faith. You could go on and on about all of these people who lived out faith. But what if God was to sit down and write out a story of each of our lives?  What if we were the ones who were to sacrifice the fulfillment of everything God had promised us on an alter? What if we were the people leaving Egypt and going to the promised land? What if He asked us to walk on water? What would God write? Would He say that we were individuals of great faith? Would He say that about me? Do my actions exhibit the reality of what God says even when I don't see it? Do my actions show that God's promises exist when my eyes say that the promises are not reality?  I believe there are times when God loves to stand behind us, cover our eyes with His hands and ask, "Will you trust me to lead you? Will you walk with your eyes closed?" Faith without works is truly dead. If I say I have faith and trust in God and then never live it out, what good are my words?  If we are going to show God that we really do have faith, we have to take that first step that He asks of us. We have to walk off the cliff even when it seems like there isn't going to be anything to hold us up. And when we do, we find that God truly does know what He's doing. What a surprise! He never fails His children. He didn't fail Noah, Abraham, Moses, Joshua, David, Samuel, Peter or anyone else in history who has truly trusted Him. But is He really what we trust in? Is He what we bank on? Do we allow ourselves to go to a place where Jesus is truly all we have left? It can be a terrifying place to allow ourselves to go because we often feel like we have no control. But we will never truly live until we reach that point. And it all starts with simply believing God's Word and stepping out on what He has said.