TODAY’S
WORD FOR WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 9, 2013.
FAITH
DEFINITION:
Confidence
or trust in a person or a thing; complete trust in God; loyalty or reliance on
God or someone else.
SCRIPTURE:
The
just shall live by faith. Habakkuk 2:4.
O
you of little faith. Matthew 6:30.
Faith
cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God. Romans 10:17.
For
we walk by faith, not by sight. II Corinthians 5:7.
KNOWLEDGE
AND EXPERIENCE:
Faith
is an exciting "WORD" for us to discuss. We have listed four verses (above)
because each verse has something special for us. Please read carefully each of
these verses.
We
live by faith every day. It is easy to believe in things we can see and touch.
It is much harder to believe in things that are unseen, but we do that every
day. We accept the things that are unseen by faith. Let us share with you some
examples:
We
cannot see air but we take air into our lungs every time we take a breath.
Although we cannot see it we have evidence that it is there because of the
effect air has on us, it provides us life.
When
you get up in the morning you take your first step by faith. You believe by
faith that the floor will hold you and by faith you assume your leg is strong
enough to hold you. When you are driving your car on the road and come to a
hill, you continue on by faith that the road continues on the other side
although you cannot see it.
When
it comes to spiritual things, we enter a relationship with Jesus by faith. This
faith cannot be seen or touched but it is evidenced by the effect He has on our
lives. Faith in Jesus changes ones outlook on life. When we have a relationship
with God through His Son, faith becomes a shield for us. In Ephesians 6:16 it
reads that above all, we are to take the shield of faith with us all the time
to quench the fiery darts of the evil one, Satan.
The
greater our faith the greater will be Satan’s efforts to cause our faith to
waver. He will use all sorts of lies and tempting promises of pleasure to lead
us astray. Just as a shield protects the body from physical harm, our sincere
faith in God and our continual trust in His Word and His promises will protect
us from Satan’s temptations to every sort of sin.
May
we share with you this warning? If you do not experience in your life the
reality of knowing Jesus, after you say that you have accepted Him as your
Savior, we urge you to take a careful look at your relationship with Jesus. The
apostle Paul also issues a warning to believers in verse 18 of Ephesians 6.
Paul tells us to examine our prayer life. Paul warns us to stay alert with all
perseverance and pray at all times. A relationship must be a heart relationship
that you take by faith and not just a head relationship.
A
relationship can grow only when time is spent with the one we desire to have a
relationship with. To grow in our relationship with the Lord we must spend time
with Him. The more time we spend reading and studying His Word the more our
faith will grow and by praying at all times we will be drawn into a closer
relationship with Him.
Read
again the words of the writer of Romans as he wrote in Romans 10:17: "So
then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God."
LEARNING:
Our
memory verse for this week is found in Proverbs 19:17.
One
who is gracious to a poor man lends to the Lord, and He will repay him for his
good deed.
PRAYER:
Help
me to be certain concerning my relationship with Jesus. Increase my faith so
that with every step that I take this day I will be confident that You are
walking by my side. May the love of Jesus abound in my life so that others see
my faith by my walk and my talk.
