MORE ABOUT THIS BUSINESS OF FAITH

We've talked about the difference between Mental Assent and heart-felt Faith. Maybe we should refer to the latter as Appropriating Faith. What it boils down to, is the difference between "can" and "will."

It's so easy to say "I believe God CAN do this, that, or the other." But how often can we honestly say with all conviction, "I KNOW God will do such-and-such."

Faith is expecting God to do what is His will. But we have no basis for faith unless we know, first of all, what God's will is.

Maybe you're wondering how we can find His will. Reread the last two blogs -- it's by reading, studying and meditating upon His Word.

Genesis 15:6 (LB) says "And Abraham believed God; then God considered him righteous on account of his faith." We're familiar with the story of how Abraham held fast his confidence when his faith was tested. He simply believed God. He was occupied with God's Word -- not in the sense of the Bible that we have today, for the Bible did not exist in that day and age. But he was occupied with what God had said to him.

And although Hebrews 10:35, 36 was not written when Abraham was alive, he practiced the precept presented there: "Cast not away, therefore, your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward. For ye have need of patience that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise."

So long as you have the Word of God as the basis for your faith, don't cast away your confidence. Hang on!!

Preacher's Kid