What’s the Basis for Your Faith?
God is pleased when we live by faith, trusting in Him and not giving into fear.
Hebrews 10:38 But the just shall live by faith [My righteous servant shall live [by his conviction respecting man’s relationship to God and divine things, and holy fervor born of faith and conjoined with it]; and if he draws back and shrinks in fear, My soul has no delight or pleasure in him. AMPC
I don’t know about you, but I want to please God so I make it my stance to live by faith. Even if I don’t see His promises manifest right away, I have disciplined myself to keep believing anyway. When I feel weary or fearful, I seek God for His wisdom.
Many assume that God said no to them when they didn’t get what they have asked God for. We have to know that God is perfect, He doesn’t lie, and that He is faithful and true to His promises. Therefore, I know if I am not receiving a promise it is because I have missed it somewhere, my faith has failed, I wasn’t faithful.
Romans 3:3 What if some did not believe and were without faith? Does their lack of faith and their faithlessness nullify and make ineffective and void the faithfulness of God and His fidelity [to His Word]? 4 By no means! Let God be found true though every human being is false and a liar, as it is written, That You may be justified and shown to be upright in what You say, and prevail when You are judged [by sinful men]. AMPC
I love the promise that God will talk to me (John 10:27).
I love it that God talks to me; there is nothing that compares, nothing to me is more important, more exciting than hearing God speak a personal Word to me! When God speaks to me it is hard to fathom how full of power His Words are, how so full of revelation and so full of love just a few words become when they are God‘s Words. When He speaks nothing else can surpass what He has said to me.
In most of my faith endeavors I usually get to the place where I grow weary and have to ask God to help me. My plea is, “I have to hear YOU, I have to know this is You!!!!” He is always faithful to answer me. In my most recent endeavor with not much success, I was seeking God for His help and asking for wisdom and encouragement. As always He was faithful to let me hear Him.
He said “What is the basis for your faith?” So profound, so amazing, how one simple question cleared everything up and made the impossible I was believing for seem easy.
I knew exactly what He was asking, I already knew I had to have His Word as my foundation for what was believing Him for but I didn’t choose one certain promise because I wasn’t sure which one fit my situation. At the same time God answered with the question, What is your basis for your faith? - He gave me the scripture that fit my situation, He gave me the surety I needed to know that what I was believing for was possible by His Word and with my faith.
I am sharing this with you so you can see that God is attainable. He is faithful to every single Word He has said. He will give us wisdom when we ask (James 1:5). He will manifest Himself to us when we obey Him (John 14:21). His answers to us are yes, not no (2 Corinthians 1:20). He is no respecter of persons, (Romans 2:11) excreta.
When we follow His directions, we can attain His promises. Seek Him and you will find Him, He will give you the answers you need to have your triumph. You can live by faith! God is faithful and He will lead you down paths of righteousness.
I just want to add how that question God asked me not only gave me the wisdom I needed to tell me where I had missed it, but that Word - His voice, confirmed His love and faithfulness to me. His Word to me was not only showing me His love and compassion for me, but encouraged me to believe for the impossible I was believing for to come to pass! God was saying yes, I will do this, whatever you believe, according to your faith, be it done unto you!!!!
God is so good, He is all we need and His wisdom - we just can’t live without. Only He knows what is stopping our blessings, only He knows it all, only He loves without question.