What is Faith? The dictionary defines faith as the complete trust and confidence in someone or something. Barbara Johnson described it as seeing light with your heart when all your eyes see is darkness.
George Muller knew just how important faith is. He ran numerous orphanages on the faith that God would provide for them.
Hebrews 11:1 tells that our faith should be unconditional. "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."
Most people find it hard to believe in a God they can't see. Can you see air? No, you cannot but that doesn't mean that it doesn't exist.
Faith is so powerful that it can move mountains. Here's a funny story. One Sunday when I was maybe six or so, the pastor at church preached about faith. He quoted Mark 11:23, "For verily I say unto you, whosoever shall say unto this mountain, be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart; but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith."
Now, this doesn't necessarily mean that you can move a mountain with just your words, but to my six year old brain it did. On our way home, I looked at a mountain and said, "Be removed and cast into the sea." I genuinely believed that it would happen and you want to know something funny? They are currently moving gravel and dirt from that hill to use elsewhere and someday it might wash into the sea.
What this verse really means is through faith you can do anything. The spiritual mountains in our life don't stand a chance when we have faith that God will move said mountains. George Muller said it best.
Next week we will continue our study on Faith. Until then, have a blessed week.
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