Happy New Year to everyone! My prayer is that 2010 will be your year! That you will realize your dreams, recapture what you've lost, revive your life again and regain those things that are important.
FAITH is my word for this year.
One thing that I have found is that the more I think I know about God's Word, the more I find out that I don't know. And, through the years of studying His Word, there are still some things that are hard to believe.
That's where faith comes into play. In spite of human resistance; faith latches hold with Heavenly acceptance, and believes that God said what He meant, meant what He said; and, He offers no disclaimers at the end.
In spite of all that God has revealed in, through, with, and by His Word, there are many Christians who still refuse to live by faith, but choose to live by facts. If I could put it this way, every believer must be a Christian; but, not every Christian is a believer.
Not every Christian takes what God has said in His Word and deposits it into the bank of faith. Someone has wisely said, “All that believes is not faith, and much of what is being called faith today is not faith at all. Any day now someone is going to sue God for breaking a promise.”
Faith doesn't require that we understand it; it only requires that we STAND UPON IT! In verse 6, Faith is DEMANDED. Verse 6 is the crux of the chapter. It is the hinge on which the rest of the door of Hebrews 11 swings. “And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.” Hebrews 11:6 (NIV)
In other words, if you and I are to have any hopes of living lives that are pleasing to God, then faith is not a luxury, but a necessity. We cannot please God without faith. We cannot know God without faith. We cannot serve God without faith. We cannot approach God without faith.
God has wonderful things in store for you...I can't wait to see it. Be Blessed!!!!
FAITH is my word for this year.
One thing that I have found is that the more I think I know about God's Word, the more I find out that I don't know. And, through the years of studying His Word, there are still some things that are hard to believe.
That's where faith comes into play. In spite of human resistance; faith latches hold with Heavenly acceptance, and believes that God said what He meant, meant what He said; and, He offers no disclaimers at the end.
In spite of all that God has revealed in, through, with, and by His Word, there are many Christians who still refuse to live by faith, but choose to live by facts. If I could put it this way, every believer must be a Christian; but, not every Christian is a believer.
Not every Christian takes what God has said in His Word and deposits it into the bank of faith. Someone has wisely said, “All that believes is not faith, and much of what is being called faith today is not faith at all. Any day now someone is going to sue God for breaking a promise.”
Faith doesn't require that we understand it; it only requires that we STAND UPON IT! In verse 6, Faith is DEMANDED. Verse 6 is the crux of the chapter. It is the hinge on which the rest of the door of Hebrews 11 swings. “And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.” Hebrews 11:6 (NIV)
In other words, if you and I are to have any hopes of living lives that are pleasing to God, then faith is not a luxury, but a necessity. We cannot please God without faith. We cannot know God without faith. We cannot serve God without faith. We cannot approach God without faith.
God has wonderful things in store for you...I can't wait to see it. Be Blessed!!!!
