Dear SCC & Friends,
Without faith it is impossible… ~Hebrews 11:6
Reflection #333
Faith always points us to God’s character, His Word and His will. It always involves confidence in God Himself… Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. ~Heb. 11:1 Biblical faith requires trust and confidence in God even when we do not see the “things hoped for” or understand what God is doing… For we walk by faith, not by sight… ~2nd Cor. 5:7 Noah obeyed God and built the ark before it had ever rained… Thus Noah did according to all that God had commanded him, so he did. ~Gen. 6:22 A childless Abram believed God before he became a father… “Now look toward the heavens, and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.” Then he believed in the Lord and He reckoned it to him as righteousness. ~Gen. 15:5-6… Mary was a young virgin yet trusted beyond her understanding that she was to bear a son and to name him Jesus… Faith is believing God will do what He has promised, even if it has not yet occurred. Obeying in faith is a primary means of pleasing God… For by it the men of old gained approval. ~Heb. 11:2
Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable and receives the impossible. ~Corrie ten Boom~ …Jesus said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God. ~Mk. 10:27 Impossible in that sense means that it is unable to occur, exist or be done by human agency. It differs from improbable, which simply means that something is possible but highly unlikely. Probabilities are hopeful possibilities, but the impossible can only occur through God… There is a recurring theme in Scripture about the necessity of faith. Our five senses of taste, touch, smell, sight and hearing may be accurate but they are not to be the final arbiter of what is… The impossible is where our ability ends and the Lord’s begins… By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things which are visible. ~Heb. 11:3 We get to be part of what only God can do… the impossible… Keep up the good work!
Made for these days,
Kevin