“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Hebrews 11:1.

How many mornings do you contemplate if you can swing your legs on the side of the bed and get up to walk? Unless you have a physical impediment, it is not even a thought. What about the chair that you pull out to sit in for breakfast, will it hold you today or crumble under your weight? The truth is you simply believe that your legs and the chair will perform as usual. These are physical and temporal things that we have so much confidence in; but ultimately our faith must rest in the One who Created all things… “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” Genesis 1:1.

No one truly knows what tomorrow will hold… the future is unknown to man, put is orchestrated by the divine providence of God. so, we live our lives with a hope and a promise for what is to come. Faith gives substance or visibility to that which is impossible for us to see with the natural eye, yet spiritual sight brings light in darkness and alleviates our fears and uncertainty about what the future holds.

Our faith is what gives us peace and keeps us deep down in our souls, it gives us unspeakable joy and hope to move forward beyond the trials and tribulations in this life. The old gospel hymn states my hope is built on nothing less, than Jesus’ blood and His righteousness! and if by any chance you might think that your journey is far beyond what others experience…the bible gives evidence that we have a great cloud of witnesses!

The eleventh chapter of Hebrews is often called the faith chapter, the Apostle Paul gives an account of the faithful men and women who believed in God and saw miraculous things happen and move by His power. “For by it the elders obtained a good report. Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. Hebrews 11: 2-3.

Life was not a bed of ease for those hallmarks of faith “They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth. Hebrews 11: 37-38; but the bible states they obtained a good report through faith!

Where is your faith? In good times and bad, our trust and belief must rely on God. Faith can dominate all our fears and bring light in the darkest of hours. Psalm 34:4 state “I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.” He alone will give us the peace that surpass all that we can possibly understand, bringing His mercy, love and comfort to our souls.

Now and forever, let us walk by faith and not sight because our hope is in God; He is proven, tried and truly faithful to His promises… God never fails!

Blessings of peace and God’s great joy be with us all!