I studied through the book of Habakkuk today and I wanted to share my thoughts on perhaps the central scripture of the book. In Habakkuk 2:4, the prophet writes God's answer to his prayer, "...But the righteous one will live by faith." Believers are called to step out in faith. For the believer, faith is never based on sight. Paul commanded believers to "walk by faith, not by sight" (2 Corinthians 5:7).
But in everyday life we are challenged to obey this scripture. We are challenged by various circumstances to either walk by what we say and believe or do what the world does. God doesn't have to explain everything for us to believe Him. Even when things are difficult to understand, we are still commanded to trust in Him. If you don't trust in God today, then you won't trust in Him for tomorrow or 6 months from now. The Christian life from the day you receive Christ as Lord and Savior until you die is based on faith.
The proud trust in themselves. The strong and faithful trust in God for everything in their life.
A true believer will perserve in faith no matter the circumstances surrounding them.
But in everyday life we are challenged to obey this scripture. We are challenged by various circumstances to either walk by what we say and believe or do what the world does. God doesn't have to explain everything for us to believe Him. Even when things are difficult to understand, we are still commanded to trust in Him. If you don't trust in God today, then you won't trust in Him for tomorrow or 6 months from now. The Christian life from the day you receive Christ as Lord and Savior until you die is based on faith.
The proud trust in themselves. The strong and faithful trust in God for everything in their life.
A true believer will perserve in faith no matter the circumstances surrounding them.
"Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence."
ReplyDelete"Now faith is the reality of what is hoped for, proof of what is not seen."
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I love when God defines words.
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We take things on 'faith' every day. For example, you can go to a rural area in a different country with a US dollar and it means nothing. You go to the store in the US with a dollar and it means something. Why? It only means something because you have faith in it.
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