How do you know the Lord's leading?

[Cal]

Originally Posted by aron

Not to take anything away from Igzy's post which is probably completely true on several levels, but for me the "you" of the above sentences can only be fulfilled by Christ alone. Not Igzy or Trapped or myself. The "I" of Psalm 34:4 is Christ, not Trapped or Igzy or aron. It is called the "word of Christ" (Col 3:16) not the word of Trapped or Igzy or aron. And it is called the "faith of Christ" not the "faith of Trapped".

Yes, I suppose that is true. Faith comes from Christ. Unbelief comes from us.

Originally Posted by aron

Again, I have zero quarrel with Igzy either in theory or practice, but am using his writings as my foil. Please, I beg indulgence. Thank you.

Not a problem. You bring out a good point. We cannot muster faith, we can only go to him. Whether we have any faith at all in ourselves is reaching into realms beyond our ken. It's the chicken/egg thing. Why did one thief believe and the other didn't? Why do we believe and others don't?

But don't take the thought that because you struggle with belief that you are not meant to believe. If you've ever been troubled by a lack of faith, you were meant to believe. Genuine unbelievers don't worry about it. In fact, they'd rather not believe.