Daily Bread..."Confidence That What We Hope For Will Actually Happen…"

Blessings to you TODAY! 

Hebrews 11: "Faith IS the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen…"

The author is not discussing faith in general, but faith IN God...

Hebrews 11:1;3  Faith IS the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen…it gives us assurance about things we cannot see…. By faith we understand that the entire universe was formed at God’s command…that what we now see…did not come from anything that can be seen.

Commentary:  “Faith is believing there is another dimension to life other than those which can be touched, tasted, seen or felt. There is more to life than that. There is also the realm of the spirit, the invisible spiritual kingdom of God. All the ultimate answers of life lie in that kingdom.  Faith believes that God, in his grace, has stepped over the boundary into human history and told us some great and very valuable facts. Faith believes them and adjusts its life to those facts and walks on that basis.”

Let us draw near to Him…“For whoever would draw near to God must believe that HE exists…and that HE rewards those who seek Him... "(Hebrews 11:6 RSV)

Prayer:  Lord God…grant us the simple faith of a child…by which we can trust your love, trust your word, and believe you have told us the truth!  Teach us to live according to it, coming to know Jesus Christ our living Lord, by whom life can be changed…and ALL that we hope for may be realized!  In difficulties, through trials, through heartache and tears, may we win the day, arrive at the goal…and be what we long to be…IN Him…In Jesus Name we pray…Amen.

Selected commentary by:  Ray C Stedman

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