Have Faith

“Faith defies reason, transcends feeling and gets results every time.” I read that in a devotion, and it really challenged me to trust in God even more.

Many times, we want a reason for everything. We want to know why we are facing hard times . . . why we must go through trials . . . why we struggle with pain and sickness. I know I have asked these questions at times in my life.

God cannot be proven or explained. He’s known only by faith. As believers, we are called to live by faith. Our entire Christian experience is based on faith. Even salvation is through faith in Jesus.

Romans 3:22 says, “The righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe.” And in Romans 5:1, it says, “we have been justified through faith.”

One of my hardest struggles sometimes comes from wanting explanations and reasons. But Paul says, “to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life.” God is looking for people who will simply take him at his word.

The good news is that it only takes a little faith for God to begin to work miracles in our lives. In Matthew, it says “if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain ‘Move from here to there’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”

Abraham was not perfect. Twice he lied, saying his wife was his sister. And when God told Abraham to move from his homeland, leaving his family behind, he decided to take his nephew and father-in-law with him. But God called Abraham his friend. God considered him righteous because of his faith.

Hebrews 11:1 sums it up, “Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.”

God has challenged me to stretch my faith and see if he won’t “move mountains” in my life. Start stretching your faith today and see if you don’t start seeing results, too.