"Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." Hebrews 11:1 NKJV
We can never have enough teaching on the subject of faith for, this is what our Christian belief is all about and built upon. Without faith, we are lost and just clinging to whatever comes our way hoping that this is the right thing. In fact, Hebrews 11:6 tells us: 'But without faith it is impossible to please Him.' God expects us to live our whole life on faith. True bible faith is confident obedience to God's Word despite
circumstances and consequences.
Note the word 'Now" in this verse. It is not about the past or the future but now. We live for this present time. This is the faith we need - Now. This verse talks about the substance and the evidence. The substance is the realisation or assurance of things hoped for; this includes the essence or reality of it all. The meaning of 'hoped for', is a biblical hope. The Greek word for hope is elpis, which means not in the sense of an optimistic outlook or wishful thinking without any foundation, but in the sense of confident expectation based on solid certainty. To make it more clearer, we don't use this hope as 'hopefully' which is a wishful type of thinking - perhaps etc. But the hope faith uses is 'hope-fully. We fully believe and fully hope that what we believe will be done. The evidence is the confidence, the proof of what we have believed for. Faith itself proves that what is unseen is real - hence 'For we walk by faith, not by sight' 2 Corinthians 5:7.
Some believers find it difficult to walk by faith, the concept of believing in something that can't be seen is a problem for them. However, we can't see a lot of things that we use daily for example, take electricity, we can't see this but we trust that the light will go on when we flick the switch. You can't see the electricity but if you were foolish enough to stick your fingers in the holes of the socket, you would instantly realise that it is there. When we switch the light on, we have been conditioned to expect that there will be light. Do you get the idea? This is how our faith works. We have to condition ourselves to walk in faith; it doesn't just happen. Oral Roberts used to say, 'Capture this truth: doubt and do without, with faith believe and receive.' Keith Moore says, 'Doubt asks questions, faith makes declarations.' How do you think David overcame the massive Goliath. It was by faith. He made up his mind, he visualised his victory and he spoke to the situation - Goliath. And God did the rest. Jesus tells us in Mark 11: 22-24 to have faith and speak to the 'mountain'.
We need to exercise our faith, speak it, believe it and receive it. We are in a battle down here. Faith is essential, without it, it's impossible to please God. So get your sword sharpened, read, believe and accept the rule book and flow in your faith.
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