What is Faith?

How far do we go within the walls of our comfort to find, challenge, and build our faith. Going to church, hanging out with people from church, praying for things you need are all things that dwell within these safe walls that I find myself. What is actual faith? Do we practice it on a daily basis, or do we just rely on the fact that it is there? We believe that the sun will rise every morning, day in and day out without hesitation. We believe that the ocean will stay contained and not spill out beyond the shore line. We believe in these Universal things because they are consistent and never changing. So why is it that we can have faith in these things and not the God who commands these things? In my life as of right now, I am being forced to have faith in something so small in comparison to it all. I am having to raise a good chunk of cash for my trip in a very small amount of time. At first I doubted that I could even raise that amount in a matter of months. But God knows me all too well.....as I have said before I am a controller, I like to control things, and me not having the money and not knowing where it is coming from, freaks me out a little bit. As I am writing this, I just want to slap myself at how little my faith is. Why can I not seem to trust fully in Christ? I fret, worry, and contemplate about what if I don't get enough, or what if this and that......when remember we serve the God of the Universe! I have found that it simply comes down to faith. We have faith in the smallest things...and yet we can't have faith in the God who commands it all? When we move from being stale faith dwellers to active faith builders, we will see a change. This change will lead us to do things that world does not expect from Christians. It will lead us to dream bigger, go farther, and love greater. A change like this will shock the world because they are used to seeing Christians living on the safe side when it comes to our faith. God is constant and His character has remained the same...there should be no doubt that He is going to do what He says......So have faith! And not just faith....but active faith that shows the world that we are different.