-Strength for Today- "Because of Faith." - Hebrews 11:6.

Faith is our assurance in God, that no matter how “big” or “small” the “circumstances we’re facing are;” faith says God “has a solution” to “make everything fit perfectly into His plan for us.”  There’re two ways that we can walk through a day. (1) “By sight,” and the other is, (2) By faith. Walking by sight in this broken world will lead to “discouragement, “disappointment,” and “downheartedness.” Which mean that our day before us is “evaluated” by what we “see with our eyes,” “hear with our ears,” and “know with our “finite minds.” 

  However, to “walk by faith” is to allow “the reality of God” to impact our “emotions,” motivation,” and “our thoughts.”  Which means to “walk in a way,” that’s contrary to “sight.”  Paul records in 2 Corinthians 4:17-18, that there’re two realities: “For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.” 

He says this because of the reality of the two worlds. One is “the physical world;” and the other is “the “spiritual world.” So, whether it’s “pain,” or “gain,” the “physical world” is “the temporary world.”  While “the spiritual world,” is “the eternal composition ordained by God.” Today “believers,” and “followers” of “Jesus Christ,” live in both worlds. But as evidenced, the physical world is enveloped with the sensations to “feel,” “hear,” “see” “smell,” and “touch,” the things of this world. 

But on the other hand, “only with a transformed “mind,” and “spirit” can “our lifeline,” connect to “the heartbeat of God.” Because “faith is the hand” that “reaches up” and “takes God’s promises” and gather these “spiritual treasures” that’re found “only in Jesus Christ.” 

   Faith, isn't based upon “wishful thinking,” or some “fly by night” religious “con-game,” but upon “the truth of God's Word,” and “the presence of the Holy Spirit.”  So, as we walk through this day, “in both worlds,” God pleasingly wants us to know that “faith sees want the physical eye can never see,” and “stands upon everything that God says is certain.”  Faith will never “lean on its understanding,” but “upon everything,” God says. Even in “the direst valley of desperation,” faith will “look up,” and “count upon everything God says will come to pass!” 

So, where will “your journey of faith” with God “lead you today”? You need to know that “whatever the step may be,” or wherever the path may lead,” you can be certain that “your obedience to faith” is “the diligence,” that’ll always “bring you into His best!” 

Author: Plez Lovelady, Jr. PhD