Rambling about faith on this fine Tuesday morning:
- “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” – Hebrews 11:1
- Any relationship with God must have faith as its foundation. To truly trust in the promises of God means you can’t see all the outcomes and results.
- “for we walk by faith, not by sight.” – 2 Corinthians 5:7
- The opposite of faith is sight. Relying on our own sight means we trust our view better than God’s.
- Faith requires trust – at all times.
- Faith often wavers in difficulty; faith comes easily when good times roll.
- Faith means we trust God’s plans supersede our own – always.
- Faith means we operate out of conviction God will work in ways we cannot understand.
- “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God” – Ephesians 2:8.
- Without faith we have no relationship with God. Without God, we have no faith. We cannot originate faith – we must ask God for more and more faith!
- The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” – Luke 17:5. Reading Romans 12 and passages like the ones in Luke 17 will encourage us to ask for more faith!
- And when we have it we should glorify God for it rather than take credit ourselves!
- So, for salvation, for heaven, for forgiveness, for everything God gives us, we must ask for the faith it takes to see God’s ways and plans.