By Andrea Merrell
What is faith? It is the confident assurance
that something we want is going to happen.
It is the certainty that what we hope for is waiting for us,
even though we cannot
see it up ahead.
Hebrews 11:1 TLB
“What is faith?” the leader asked the
group.
Faith is not about religion or
denominations. And it’s not some pie-in-the-sky, super-spiritual thing
that we search for and hope to someday find. If it were something that out of
reach, the Bible would not tell us that without it, it is impossible to please
God.
The Greek word for faith is pistis
and means firm persuasion or a conviction based on hearing and learning.
Hearing and learning what? The living, powerful Word of God—everything He has
to say on the matter.
“But I don’t feel like I have any
faith,” I’ve heard people say. The truth is faith is not a feeling. It is not
something we drum up and has nothing to do with intellect. Simply put, The Word
for You Today says, “It’s a choice you make to fully embrace what God says in
His Word. When that happens, it creates a heart climate that motivates you to
act in keeping with what you choose to believe.”
Now that’s faith in a nutshell.
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