“One moment creates another moment”

Jesus turned and saw her. “Take heart, daughter,” he said, “your faith has healed you.” And the woman was healed at that moment.  Matthew 9:22

We can probably all remember a key moment in our life when we made the correct decision and it lead to another good moment. We can also all remember a moment when a poor decision was made and it unfortunately lead to another negative moment. In my life as a father, a moment of time spent talking openly with my children always leads to another moment of trust. A moment of caring for my wife during a difficult time creates another moment of trust between the two of us. As an offensive line coach I often point out to my guys how one moment of a game created another moment. Maybe it is a first down that our team only makes by inches that allows us to continue on to the moment we score several plays later. One moment would not have happened without the other. I especially like the moments when their attitude as a group could have changed to very negative but they pushed themselves through the difficult moment. Their attitude in one moment created another more positive moment. Again, one would not have happened without the other. I have also been a part of games where a moment, early in the game that was not handled correctly or with a good attitude, created the moment that caused our team to lose. In football, and in our lives, we never know which moment will lead to the key moment that decides victory or defeat.

Our lives are also full of moments that create other moments. It could be the moment a friend asks about our relationship with our Heavenly Father. If we are prepared at that moment to give an answer for our joy it will create the moment when our friend accepts Jesus as their Savior. However, a moment when our words or actions do not represent our Savior creates a moment that causes our friend to see our faith as phony. Each moment counts! In the verse from Matthew 9, a woman who had suffered with an illness for twelve years approaches Jesus in a crowd and touches his robe. She knows if she can just touch his robe she will be healed. Jesus, although in a crowd with many people touching him, feels the sick woman touch His robe. He turns to her and says, “Your faith has healed you” and the woman was healed at that very moment. What if she had doubted at the most critical moment of her life? That one moment in time, when she believed even touching the robe of Jesus would heal her, created the very next moment when she was healed. A moment of faith created a moment of healing.

I prayed today to value each moment whether exciting or routine. I also prayed to allow God to control each and every moment and for the moments of need to also be moments of faith.

Chad