Philippians 3:9

What is faith? Faith is being sure of something that is not seen and having the faith that you know it is true. I know that there is a God. Although I can’t see God I know he is real because of all the evidence that points towards him.

 I see him by faith. I see plants, animals, insects, and people scurrying around, surviving together. I can see everything working together to survive. Without plants nothing can breathe. Without bugs our back yards would smell like rotting animals because they will take too long to decay without bugs eating it up. I can see planets, stars, and the sun and, moon magnifying Gods glory like a perfect painting that’s been painted in the sky. I see people trying to find a reason why they live. If they only look around and see how specifically everything has been put on earth for.

I understand how complicated everything is and how it all works together so profoundly. I can see that only an all-knowing God who stands outside of time could create a beginning and an end. I know that he made everything that was and is and is to come.

Faith is knowing that the Lord will fulfill his promises. Hebrews 11:11 By faith Abraham, even though he was past age-and Sarah herself was barren- was enabled to become a father because he considered him faithful who had made the promise. Here you can see that the Lord made a promise and Abraham believed and had faith in the Lord that he will give him a child. Through that faith of the promise the Lord provided him and Sarah a child even at their old age.

Application: Today I will try and encourage someone to rely on the Lord by faith even if they feel like it’s impossible to have faith in the situation that they are in. I will also ask the lord to help me rely on him by faith more than I have been.