Isaiah 7: 3 Then the LORD said to Isaiah, “Take your son Shear-jashub and go out to meet King Ahaz. You will find him at the end of the aqueduct that feeds water into the upper pool, near the road leading to the field where cloth is washed. 4 Tell him to stop worrying. Tell him he doesn’t need to fear the fierce anger of those two burned-out embers, King Rezin of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah. 5 Yes, the kings of Syria and Israel are plotting against him, saying, 6 ‘We will attack Judah and capture it for ourselves. Then we will install the son of Tabeel as Judah’s king.’ 7 But this is what the Sovereign LORD says:
“This invasion will never happen; it will never take place; 8 for Syria is no stronger than its capital, Damascus, and Damascus is no stronger than its king, Rezin. As for Israel, within sixty-five years it will be crushed and completely destroyed. 9 Israel is no stronger than its capital, Samaria, and Samaria is no stronger than its king, Pekah son of Remaliah. Unless your faith is firm, I cannot make you stand firm.”

there is a leadership saying that a ministry will never rise above it's head.. it is called the law of the lid... of course this is true in general.. the family will never rise above the head.. the job will never rise above the boss... in this scripture the bible is saying that a country cannot rise above the king... basically the same thing...

the part that struck me is the unless your faith is firm, I cannot make you stand firm...

I think that God is telling this king that if he doesn't believe God when He tells him that they will not defeat this king.. then God cannot make Him stand on it... God cannot give us peace or comfort when we refuse to believe what He tells us... if God says that He is our provider and we constantly worry about provision.. then we will never have faith in Him being the provider...

what good does it do for God to give us promises and we don't believe them...

that is not having faith and believing that He is in control.. I would suggest that we all have particular areas in which we are not allowing God to have control... and in not allowing Him to be in control.. we are actually not believing He will take care of us in this area.. we are not trusting Him.. our faith is not firm...

I think we all have areas where our faith IS strong and we have no doubts.. but we also have other areas where our faith is not strong and we are weak and wavering... how can God make us firm if we refuse to believe in Him... He cannot stengthen our faith and show us that He is trustworthy in what He says He will do if we will not allow Him to show us that He is true to His word... our faith gets strengthened by God proving Himself to us..

I want to be able to stand firm.. I want my faith to be firm... I want God to be able to help me to stand firm when I am feeling weak... I am thankful for the word of God! I am thankful for His voice! I am thankful for His love for me and for you too!