FAITH

By on Nov 4, 2012 in Devotions

FAITH is needed at every step of this life on this fallen planet. Our Saviour knows what He is doing with you, beloved of the Lord.

Consider the faith passage, Hebrews 11, what a list of trials and seeming disasters it gives to us. Recently a missionary and his two sons from Australia were burned alive in their car by Hindu extremists in India.

But, Hebrews 11 shows that the history of the people of God on this planet runs red with their blood! This horrifying incident in India is no isolated occurrence in a world teeming with rebels against the One true God, rebels who are controlled by Satan.

Faith in the One who loves us so can master insurmountable difficulties. This lovely quote from F.B. Meyer, written on the Hebrews 11, is a joy to read.

Praise God, He will take us through in triumph until we meet Jesus face-to-face in glory:

There are many difficulties before us all. Stormy seas forbid our passage; frowning fortifications bar our progress; mighty kingdoms defy our power; lions roar against us; fire lights its flaming barricade in our path; the sword, the armies of the alien, mockings, scourgings, bonds, and imprisonment – all these menace our peace, darken our horizon, and try on us their power; but faith has conquered all these before, and it shall do as much again.

We will laugh at impossibility; we will tread the shores of the seas, certain they must make us a way; we will enter the dens of wild beasts and the furnaces of flame, sure that they are impotent to injure us; we shall escape the edge of the sword, out of weakness become strong, turn to flight armies of aliens, and set at nought all the power of the enemy: and all because we believe God.

Reckon one God’s faithfulness. Look not at the winds and the waves, but at His character and will. Get alone with Him, steeping your heart and mind in His precious and exceeding great promises.

Be obedient to the utmost limit of your light. Walk in the Spirit, one of whose fruit is faith. So shall you be deemed worthy to join this band, whose names and exploits run over from this page into the Chronicles of eternity, and to share their glorious heritage.” (p.139, The Way Into the Holiest).

Read these Scriptures to ponder prayerfully the above comments:

Song of Solomon 4:12-16; Psalm 92:12-15; Psalm 36:7-11; Jeremiah 9:23-24; Revelation 18:10-20.

OUR GOD IS FOR US, WHO CAN BE AGAINST US? (source)

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