Faith!

Faith!

Now faith is the assurance (title deed, confirmation) of things hoped for (divinely guaranteed), and the evidence of things not seen [the conviction of their reality—faith comprehends as fact what cannot be experienced by the physical senses].

Hebrews 11:1 AMP

The Charge:

The world teaches me to trust my senses, because they attest to what can be proved physically. There may be nothing wrong with that, because in a court of law, you can only rely on what you have personally experienced. However, the Word of God teaches me to trust the sense of faith, which is not tied to any of the popular senses, but is equally as real. If you have ever had to hold God's hand for anything, through seasons of doubt or uncertainty, you know how powerful the sense of faith can be. It is faith that can give a man an assurance that whatever is hoped for has come. You do not have it yet, but the reality that you have it is so strong that you can rely on that assurance to take the next steps. 

You hear of people in a drought called to pray for rain, and a young boy brought an umbrella. You read of a barren woman trusting God for a child, and after a word of assurance, begins to buy both girl and boy clothes for twins. In both instances, God came through: the rain fell before the meeting was over, and the woman got the twins she had taken action on. That is faith at work. It isn't so much about words but about what you do. How can you claim title deeds to what you cannot physically define? How can you be convinced of the reality of something that does not yet physically exist? It means that what would give a man that confidence is not what the world can produce or define. It is first a matter to be settled in the heart, before it can become a reality that will be made manifest in the life.

The Conclusion:

God calls me to walk with him by faith. There are a lot of things that will not make sense at the time, but if I know the person who has called me, He walks with me. His presence makes the pressure worth it. He would want me to trust Him completely, and not rely on the deceptive senses. There will be things that I will see and hear that will try and threaten the peace God gives, but if I hold on to the One who asked me to trust Him, all will be well in the end. God does not call a man to walk with Him by faith without providing actual assurance that all will end well. Faith sees the way God wants me to see, and that is to know that He is in charge of my life and He can turn any situation around to favour me. Would I dare hold on to Him to the end, no matter what is going on around me? God's time of favour is here.