Flip-Flop Faith

Jacqueline Overpeck is a multi-published inspirational author who loves to offer encouragement to readers. Jacqueline and her husband, Arnold, are both CLASS (Christian Leaders, Authors, and Speakers Services) graduates. They enjoy the outdoors, and traveling in their spare time with their Maltese dog, Coconut.

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Unlike sandals, flip-flops don’t secure at the ankle. You just slide them on and you’re on your way. They’re a perfect fashion choice for a busy teenager and the young at heart.

But did you know that flip-flops are also called slip-slaps? Slip as in: trip, fall, and to lose your balance.

Putting on my flip-flops reminds me of our tendency as Christians to fall. Sometimes in the heat of things we become weary. That’s when it’s easy to slip, become inconsistent, fluctuate in our convictions. But God’s word encourages us to be steadfast no matter what’s boiling in our lives.

The Psalms say, “Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.” (51:10, NIV)

God designed for our steps to be direct and consistent. As we continually yield our lives to the Lord, we become unwavering and resolute in our walk before Him. Psalm 17:5 says, “My steps have held to your paths; my feet have not slipped.” (NIV)

It is God who causes us to remain constant regardless of the heat index in our hearts.

“If the LORD delights in a man's way, He makes his steps firm; though he stumble, he will not fall, for the LORD upholds him with His hand.” (Ps. 37:23-24)

When the pressure in life makes your internal temperature rise, determine not to lose your cool. Don’t flip-flop in your faith. God will carry you through every dry and desolate day with perfect peace when your mind is steadfast on Him (Isaiah 26:3).

Keep trusting in His love! Hosea 13:5 declares, “But I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt. You shall acknowledge no God but me, no Savior except me. I cared for you in the desert, in the land of burning heat.”

The Lord cares so much for you.

“One day we will be with the Lord Jesus in Heaven. His glory will shield our lives so we are scorched by the pain of this world no more. God will lead us to springs of living water. And He will wipe away every tear from our eyes” (Rev. 7:16-17).

The fiery trial you are facing right now will pass… and there’s only seven more weeks of summer.