Faith Can
Hebrews 11:17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, 18 of whom it was said, “In Isaac your seed shall be called,” 19 concluding that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead, from which he also received him in a figurative sense.
Faith makes it possible to not only know God’s will but also do it. Abraham knew he had heard the Lord speak to him regarding his son Isaac. He knew that Isaac was a promised child. Because he was convinced by faith of such things when asked to sacrifice Isaac, he could be prepared to follow through, knowing God could not and would not go back on His word.
Of what from His word to you does faith convince you? The way you know you are convinced by faith is that it has moved you to act on it somehow. Faith is not stagnated or immobile. Faith is active. We are given faith to act, not simply to know.
You can know a thing, and it does not move you into action. But if faith gets into you about something, you are energized to act on what you have come to believe.
Biblical faith has its roots in who God is and what God is like. It produces a strong confidence in Him and His word. Biblical faith can move us beyond what we know about ourselves into things that transcend our natural capabilities.
Biblical faith does not stumble at the promises God made and still makes to His children because of what can be known about the character of God.
Titus 1:1 Paul, a bondservant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect and the acknowledgment of the truth which accords with godliness, 2 in hope of eternal life which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began,
Paul, as an apostle, was activated by Biblical faith in God according to His character because Paul was convinced by faith that God cannot lie and always speaks the truth.
Of what are you convinced of concerning God? Are you convinced He cannot lie? If you are, then are you familiar with what He has promised concerning you in His word and in your spirit?
It is when we become convinced by faith in Him regarding such things that we can step out in faith to do what we know is ours to do. The first step of faith becomes clear when our will has submitted to the faith we have received in Him.
When Jesus returns, I want Him to find me being obedient to faith according to what He has shown me by faith is mine to do. I encourage you to hear His voice and be familiar with what He has spoken in His word so you can walk by faith according to the Spirit as His return is very near. Know Him, and let your life be energized by the faith that grows the more you know Him, and be blessed with every spiritual blessing in high places in Christ, just as His word declares! Be blessed today and always.
