648: What is Faith | Hebrews 11:1

Faith gives us hope because we can see God moving in every area of our lives. Faith is hard to wrap our minds around. You can't see it. You can't hold it. Yet, our One Verse for today, Hebrews 11:1, tells us that we can actually have assurance and hope in our faith. Faith doesn't fly well in today's culture. Science and information rules. Experience matters. But faith? Not so much. So, what is faith? Faith is a choice. Faith is choosing to have confidence in the Hope we can't see. Faith doesn't make sense. If it did, it wouldn't be faith. Faith is supernatural assurance in what we cannot see and choosing to Hope. That sounds strange, doesn't it? How can you have hope in something you cannot see? It's hard to explain, but once you have deep faith, it is as real as anything else in life. How does it bring hope? Because our faith allows us to see God working in our lives, the good and the bad. And if we can't see God moving, we know to look for Him. That is what Faith does in our lives. It allows us to see where God is moving.