Greetings:
We hear a lot of teaching in churches about having faith and growing our faith.
Do we know what it means to walk in faith?
What does the Bible say about faith?
Perhaps the best known definition is written in Hebrews 11:1.
It reads, “Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.”
Hebrews 11:3 reads: “By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.”
Read the entire 11th chapter of Hebrews to understand through history the kind of faith that God is talking about.
He is encouraging believers to move beyond the questions about the basics of faith and follow the example of many faithful men and women of the past who followed God in the midst of persecution and trouble.
We're talking about the people we read about in Hebrews 11:32-40 – like Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Rahab, Gideon, Sampson, David and Samuel – folks who through their faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, gained what was promised to them, who shut the mouths of lions, quenched the flames, and escaped the edge of the sword. People whose weakness was turned into strength and who became powerful in battles against foreign armies. Some faced torture, jeers, flogging, being chained and put in prison. Some were stoned, sawed in two and put to death. They wondered about in deserts, mountains and caves.
Faith is putting our trust in God in everything and many times that is not easy.
Though we don't see faith, we can feel faith and understand faith by reading God's Word. We can learn about faith by recalling the walk of others who faced tall mountains, but turned to prayer and called on their faith to get them through their hopeless situations.
We are no different.
Faith is alive today if we just know where to put our trust.
Be blessed.
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