TRUE FAITH
Hebrews 11:1
“Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and
certain of what we do not see.”
Twelve year old Cassie was anxious. Biting the edge of the letter she held in her
hand, she flipped open the mail drop door.
“Why are you waiting?” Cassie’s classmate Jeremy wondered.
“Not sure.” Cassie admitted, giggling. Smiling she changed her mind. “Yes.”
She dropped the letter inside the mail box. “It’s done!”
“What caused you such anxiety,
Cassie?” Jeremy asked.
(Anxiety [ang-SI-e-tee] brings
wringing-hands, nervous, uneasy worry about someone or something).
“I had such fun as a camper, so I
applied to lead the next group. But my
application must be received by June 10th.”
“Why are you worried about
that? You’re a natural!” Jeremy sounded sure.
“Because I’m not sure that I’m ready
to give up two weeks of summer fun.
Selfish, I admit.”
“Our summers are precious,” Jeremy
agreed. “And we have so few years left
to be kids…But you’ll have loads of fun at camp, too!”
Cassie has only ten days for her
letter to arrive at camp headquarters.
But she isn’t concerned about that.
In fact, her letter was the last thing on her mind from then on. Cassie has faith that her letter would
definitely arrive on time for her application to be considered. The post office is that dependable.
God is that dependable, too. Yet, how many times do we pray for some want
or need, then doubt God? Where is our
faith? The opening Scripture says faith
is sure and certain for receiving what we don’t see. Faith is the future. We’re only certain about today.
But, Believers can be certain about
more. We know for sure that our future
is with Jesus—either while we’re still alive, or should we die today.
We know for sure that Jesus died for our
sins, and we’re forgiven.
See the lesson
linked below to discover more things Jesus guarantees we can depend on God for BY
TRUE FAITH.
Take Home Nugget
Faith hands its case to God, then walks
away. True faith never doubts that God
is working.
A woman was anxious about her son’s
salvation. Her friend cautioned her,
“You worry too much about him! Pray for
him. Commit him to Christ. Then let go.
Any further worrying disrespects God!”
God commands us in Philippians 4:6:
“Do not be anxious about anything,” then advises, (knowing that humans just
can’t let go of stuff), “by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present
your requests to God.”
Then Philippians 4:7 promises, “And
the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts
and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
God
only works when we commit, then rest. This
is how true faith works!
Adapted from “True Faith.”
L. B. Cowman. April 25,
2016. Streams in the Desert.
Christianity.com. Christianbooks.com.
J.D. Griffith
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