A New Look at Faith

So many of us are confused about the word, "Faith". When we're in church or with other Christians, the meaning of the word can have so much significance in so many different areas.

As I thought about the word faith, I knew that many people use it as a substitute for the word, "religion," while others use it to denote belief in God and still others use it to remind themselves of His promises to us.

We have another way to look at the word "Faith" as I share a look at it from a different point of view.

Much of the time, we understand by the syntax of the phrasing that God shows he is faithful about fulfilling the promises he has made to us. We know that we can always trust God to do what He said He would do in His Word.

The revelation which has brought me such wonder and strength and joy, however, is knowing that God has Faith in US! No matter how long we take. No matter how much we mess up. No matter how mad we get at ourselves, He believes in US! He has faith that we will come to know Him. He has faith that we will understand Him. He has faith that we will love Him. He has faith that we will want to be with Him. He has faith that we will do as He has told us to do.

Jesus wouldn’t have told us to "have the Faith of God" if God hadn’t already demonstrated the ability to have that kind of Faith. If we think about the years and decades and centuries of disobedient, hard-headed, stiff-necked people and the fact that God deals with each of us individually, the Faith that He has toward us is awesome.

When Paul told us in Hebrews 11:1 that Faith is the Substance of things hoped for, He was giving us the creative power of God to draw on. Whatever you have hope for, the substance has already been provided for that "whatever" to come into being.

We are told that Jesus is the author and finisher of our Faith. Jesus IS the Alpha and the Omega. He is the beginning and the end of that substance. And He is also the beginning and the end of His Own Faith when He is filled with Faith toward us.

For those of us who are beginning to experience the results of Faith substance at work, knowing how it increases and becomes more available and accurate with use, we can hardly comprehend the result of the Faith of God which has been perfected by an eternity and an unlimited supply of people like you and me who sometimes want to give up.

We can only Praise and Worship a God who doesn’t know How to give up, who doesn’t know HOW NOT TO HAVE FAITH! Now if you can stand up under the Glory of that Belief in us, let’s all get together and show Him that His Faith is working just as He always believed it would.

By the Leading of the Holy Spirit and to the Glory of God.
Merrellee Moore, 10/1/97