“Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.” Hebrews 11:1
Confidence is something every person has to some degree or more in various things. Most people have confidence that they will be able to walk when they get up in the morning; most are confident that they can drive a car; and most are confident that they will still be able to work at their job each day. While many have this inner knowledge that they will be able to do these things, there are many other areas they may not be so confident in. Some may not be confident that he will be able to accomplish the project at work he was given to do; another may not be confident with themselves in being able to drive the car through the heavy rains safely; while another might not feel they can keep going all day.
Faith gives us the inner confidence that we need. We know by faith that God is with us and will give us the strength to do all that is needed to be done. We can have confidence that God has given you the ability to do the job that is needed to be done. All these things are done with the inner part of you at peace…if you have faith.
Along with the confidence faith gives us assurance in what we do not see. Each day when a person turns on the light switch he has assurance that the light will turn on correctly. Every day a person drives down the road he believes with assurance that the other people driving will stay in their own lanes correctly. We know that each day the sun will rise at the correct time. None of these things can be seen until it actually happens. We can only have faith that they will occur as expected.
In life there are many things that we cannot see, but must have faith in. Our walk with God will be like that, in fact it must be like that. God said that the righteous will live by faith. No one can see God or what He is going to do. Each person must trust (have faith) in God and that He will do what He said He would do. We cannot see heaven but must have faith it will be there for us. We cannot see God’s provision from day-to-day, but we must have faith that God will provide. We can know that we know what we know about God.
Today exercise you faith in trusting God. Do not allow fear of the unknown to overcome you. Know that with God all things are possible. Know that God can give you what you need whenever you need it in every area of your life.
I pray that today God will help you to have the faith you need in Him; that God will give you the confidence you can have in Him; that God will help you to know the truths found in the Bible and know they are true; and that God will strengthen you to be able to walk by faith and not just by what you see.
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