Faith 2!

Faith 2!

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1 KJV

We referred to and tried to define faith a few days ago. How do you prove a thing in court? You either speak of what you have seen, heard, felt, tasted, touched or smelled. If you had to speak directly about what you saw, your testimony carried weight as a witness. If you had to repeat what someone else told you, or what you heard another person say, then your testimony could be termed hearsay, and may not be accepted as the true version of events. 

When faith is therefore presented as evidence of something, you have to ask what the substance is really about. When God asks me to have faith, what is He really asking me to do? First, He is asking me to forget what the physical reality around me is, and focus on what He has already said. Second, He is telling me that nothing I see now is actually the real thing. Third, seeing what and how He sees is the secret to getting all that He has promised.

With God, it is dangerous to rely on what feelings or the senses tell you. 5 loaves of bread and 2 fishes cannot feed up to 50 people, not to talk of 5,000men besides women and children, yet in the hands of the God who tells me that faith is the secret to obtaining what looks impossible, nothing is really impossible. And one key connecting factor here is the hope of that which is ahead. If there was nothing to look forward to, of what use is faith? If all I am expecting to get has already been supplied, why am I still stressed about tomorrow?

As long as I am down here, there will always be an expectation. God does not give me the whole picture all at once, but a glimpse of it over a period of time. This is why it is a daily walk of faith, not of sight. Not everything will be fully understood in the immediate, but as I walk with and work for God, He will keep making it clear. All that I require for life and Godliness is provided by and in Him, and only in Him will I have them all. Oh, there will be difficult days ahead, when the storms and the winds threaten the peace, but when the foundations are secured in God and His Word, there will always be a joyful ending. 

You have got to hope for that which is ahead, which has been promised by God. Something has to keep you sane in the midst of all the distress and pain around. There has to be a witness in your heart that none of these things is for nothing. It will all mean something very soon as God's purpose and plan all come to fruition. So, hold on, you are not alone. Keep at it; He is not far off. Keep walking with and working for God in line with His will. What is coming is far more precious and lasting that all you have ever encountered in this lifetime. His time of favour is here.