We have a wonderful rain going on today and I believe it will continue. Why do I believe this? I have a certain amount of experience with the weather, meteorologists and our modern weather radar. That isn't faith, for faith is defined in Hebrews 11:1 as the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen. Extrapolation from former experiences does not count as faith as it is evidence of things that I have seen. What about Jesus?
I have never seen Jesus as He lived and died and lived again long before I was born into this world. What causes me to believe in Him? Faith. Yet, where did this faith come from? I can generate a guess or an estimate based on experience and knowledge, but faith is neither of those things. I believe the substance of Him whom I hope for rests in Heaven at the right hand of God the Father. How can I know this? I have no evidence of His person that I can see, yet there does seem to be a substance to my hope in Christ. Before I came to believe in Him, there seemed to be no substance or evidence at all. What changed?
Jesus changed me. And it is from Him where my faith comes. I can't generate faith; I can only use what He has given to me. Faith does not count to the world because it cannot be quantified or observed. Yet, since coming to believe in Him, I have seen evidence and substance of His work both in me and in my brothers and sisters in Christ.
Great and mighty is the name of Jesus my Lord!
Bucky
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