Living Faith

Behold the proud,
His soul is not upright in him;
But the just shall live by his faith.
  -- Habakkuk 2:4

Woohoo! My first accomplishment of note for today, I spelled Habakkuk's name correctly on the first try. A search on the word 'faith' in the NKJV of the Bible produces an interesting story in itself. Moses laments in his song that the children of Israel were perverse and had no faith. Then we see the prophet (So I don't have to spell it again!) telling us of living faith. And we read the verse and don't want to be proud, since who wants to have their soul not upright in them, but wonder how to become just. In the New Testament, Jesus brings the faith in an interesting dance of contrast between His disciples with their little faith and people popping up out of seemingly nowhere with great faith, faith that has made them well, such great faith, and more. Not to worry for the disciples though, after His death on the cross and the resurrection, faith abounds in Luke's record of the Acts of the Apostles. How important does faith become? Two times it occurs in the Old Testament, 243 times used in the New Testament. And Paul comes to that just conclusion we are looking for:

Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Romans 5:1

Have faith, and live it in Christ Jesus!

Bucky