Hebrews 11:1-3
Faith in Action
1 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. 2 This is what the ancients were commended for.
3 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.
2 Corinthians 5:7
Living By Faith
7 For we live by faith, not by sight.
Isaiah 55:8-9
God's Thoughts Are Not Our Thoughts and God's Ways Are Not Our Ways
8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,”
declares the Lord.
9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Imagine the times when you are confident in your hopes...The times when your are certain about certain things you cannot see...The journey into faith requires stepping beyond understanding and into this mystery of hope...And the first steps of faith are steps into hope...With your faith you walk into places you have never been before...For the believer you walk by this faith, this hope and not by the things that you can see...Faith is not by sight...Faith is this confidence we have in our hopes...
Faith believes in the eternal...We understand that God is eternal and made things eternally...And a strong faith welcomes the mystery of not understanding the eternal ways of God...We trust God not for what we understand, but because we believe and what He understands...God completely understands the universe, which was formed at His command...So believer's believe that LOVE, and Grace, and Mercy are things that live forever and are eternal, and at the same time are right here and right now around us...