Hebrews 10:38 “But my righteousness will live by faith. And I take no pleasure
in the one who shrinks back.”
Webster’s New World College Dictionary defines faith as “unquestioning belief that does not require proof or evidence; unquestioning belief in God, religious tenets.
” All of us sit in a chair; do we ever examine the legs of the chair before sitting on it? No, we have the confidence that the chair will hold us. We never get into a flight and check whether the pilot has a license, we are confident that the pilot will reach us to the destination. By grace, through faith we have been saved ( Eph 2:8-9) God expects His children to now rely on Him in totality. He has given us the Holy Spirit who is resident in us and the Word of God which makes us more than conquerors. Hebrews 11 is the Faith Hall of Fame.
Let us look at the Father of Faith- Abraham. He was not given a google map or travel guide but God asked to step out, leave Haran, his home town and go to a place God would show him. There God promised to make him a great nation (Gen12:1-3) Abram obeyed, later he and Sarai voiced their discontent over not having an heir, God promised that the old couple would have a son of their own.
It took 24 years for the manifestation of God’s promise of a son for Abraham, at the age 99, which was impossible, but Abraham believed. Even more astounding is the display of his faith when all was going well, enjoying his time with his son and God announces that he must sacrifice his only son. Abraham without a shadow of doubt, without batting his eyelid, took his son and went off to sacrifice him, quite confident that God was well able to bring him back to life.
Gal 3:11 But that no one is justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for “the just shall live by faith.
Testimony
It was 2020, I had lost my well-paying job and I was given a word that my younger son would leave for Canada for his higher studies. I laughed like Sarai since my financial doors were shut and it was impossible that he would go. I had to have radical faith , trust in Jesus and the situation taught me to exercise the same , I had to walk on water like peter and wanted to give up a million times, but for the grace of God ,his word, brought us to victory line.My son left for Toronto on the 5th of May 2022 which was nothing but impossible. Faith can bring down Jericho walls, part the Red sea, raise the death to life and our God is not pleased without faith.
Prayer
Loving heavenly Father, we pray that you will teach us to rely on You undoubtedly in all our good and bad days and know that You are the Great I AM,
In Jesus mighty name.
Amen!!
Sol.Lalitha Menon