I want to talk a moment about “faith”. Everybody has some type of faith. People have faith in many different things. When we get into our car we have faith that it will start and get us to our destination. We have faith that our doctor knows what he or she is doing when we visit them. Everybody has this mindset of faith of some kind or another. No one can live a single day without exercising some kind of faith.
Faith is also expressed in the spiritual realm. Each of us, regardless of our backgrounds, expresses faith. The difference between the faiths we exercise in our daily routine and our religious faith is the object of that faith. Everyone places his or her faith in something or someone.
Our faith is only as good as the object in which we place our faith. We’re told in the Bible that we are to personally put our faith and trust in Jesus Christ. Some, believe the Bible is a bunch of fairy tales stuck together to make a book. I, for one, believe that they are the words of God given to us to follow and learn from. Sometimes I follow blindly, other times I have complete faith that God is giving me the answers I need. I have “faith” that God is with me. Hebrews 11:1-4 says Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. That is somewhat scary for some to trust and follow.
To understand what faith is, we must get past certain misconceptions about faith. Faith is the affirmative response to God’s will and Word. Man possesses faith when He takes God at His Word. We don’t need to see something to believe it. Faith is the acceptance of something simply because God has said it.
Jesus said … “blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed”
No man was present to witness the Creation; it must be accepted by faith. He created something out of nothing, so that things that are seen were not made of things, which do appear. The book of Genesis explains the events of this creation, and that explanation must be accepted through faith.
Of course, some say it was a big bang that created everything….if that is true, I know who created the “big bang”….it was God. Plain and simple.
True faith is simple obedience to God’s word ...
