A WORD IN SEASON TO THE WEARY
🌷🌷September 23🌷🌷
“…without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him” (Hebrews 11:6).
The ministry of the Lord Jesus as our Heavenly High Priest becomes more effective through faith. All that has been said in the first ten chapters of Hebrews becomes clearer through faith. By faith only we can enjoy all the spiritual blessings. “NOW faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen” (11:1). As human beings we are more interested in the things seen than the unseen. When we receive the life of God, unseen things become more real to us than the seen things. Real faith gives us more and more affection for heavenly things, such as the Word of God, the Kingdom of God and our share in it (Col.3:2-4). “For by it the elders obtained a good report” (Heb.11:2). By faith great men of the God could live a life that was pleasing to Him. Whatever God showed and declared they believed and obeyed. Our faith also becomes strong when we obey implicitly.
“Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear” (v. 3). According to God’s Word, He created everything out of nothing. Those who do not believe in the Bible have many theories about creation. Some say, it took many years to create all things. But God’s Word says that by one word of the Lord Jesus all things came into being (Ps. 33:6). If we try to understand it by human wisdom or knowledge or science, we will be all the more confused. Those who have not received the life of God believe only in man’s theories. For them unseen things have no value. But we believe what the Bible says. God took the dust of the earth and created man. Also, without sowing or tilling all the vegetation came into existence (Gen. 1:12). Without the sun and the moon, light came into existence by the word of God. As we read in Genesis chapter 1, “He said and it was so.” By faith we understand this and by faith we believe it. Those who do not believe are full of fear and doubt and fail to understand what God has kept for them.
