That's The Point of Faith!

Good evening! I can't see how it's going to happen. I'm tempted to give up. There is no way on earth this is going to happen. That's the point of faith! We don't see that something is possible. Giving up would be so easy. No amount of moving people and things on earth is good enough. There may not appear to be enough time. My poor human brain does its calculations and the total comes up short. All that can be fixed in a moment of prayer to the Almighty. God is not limited by what I see or by what my mind can figure or count up. God is not stopped by your giving in or despairing of the result you need. "Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see." (Hebrews 11:1 NLT) When everything has been tried, the time is too short, and the forces against us appear to have the victory, that is the time God moves, exerting His heavenly power.

The world laughs at our faith in something we cannot hold, our belief in Him we cannot see or touch. Stand for Christ and the scoffers release their unbelief in waves of scorn and derision. Without the assurance of the Holy Spirit, the shouts of the flesh within would join the scoffers in overthrowing our resolve. With so many against us, we need the Most High God to stand before us. We long for the Son to come in His glory and quash the evil noise, but the time is not yet. Faith and phantoms can easily become linked in our worldly thinking. In fact, we find it easier to tremble in fear at the thought of phantoms in a darkened room, while the true power that created all the universe seems absent. Yet, the Bible speaks otherwise. No ghost approached the disciples across the waves on that stormy sea; it was the Savior himself in the flesh.

God is the all-powerful Father in Heaven who created you and me in love. We are not left alone, though our human senses claim that none stand beside us. By faith we believe that Jesus knows our every pain and weakness. By faith, we look forward to the day we will see the Father in His glory. By faith, we know that God has not forgotten our need in the dark moment of the trial. Faith seems without substance, yet the substance of faith is the very hope of Christ's return. My eyes see no evidence of faith, but faith strengthens the eyes of my heart to see God at work every day.

Praise the Lord, and believe!
Bucky