Faith not Sight!

Hello everyone,

How are you doing on this day? I hope well and bubbling in the Lord.

Primary Text

“(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)” 2 Corinthians 5v7 (KJV)

When we pray to God, we need to have faith. Faith is “the confident assurance that something we want is going to happen. It is the certainty that what we hope for is waiting for us, even though we cannot see it up ahead” (Hebrews 11v1, TLB). One day Jesus cursed a fig tree and continued on His way. In the morning as He and His disciples passed by they noticed the fig tree had dried up from the roots. Mark 11v21-22 (KJV) says, “And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto Him, Master, behold, the fig tree which Thou cursedst is withered away. And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.” That we walk by faith and not by sight is becoming more of a reality to me – that is faith is believing that as you have prayed to God, He has heard you, and He is answering you. For example, I had to lead a prayer session recently and at the beginning of it, we prayed for God to reign in the session and let us pray what He has on His heart. And by the grace of God and through faith and communing with God as to what to pray next, I could see God taking us through the time second by second, minute by minute; sending prayer points to us through our leader. At times the thought will pass of what do we pray about next, but I was encouraged to stay calm and believe that God will see us through; and the session went very well. The same with us, when we have prayed or are praying to God about something, we are not to be moved or disturbed by what we are seeing or feeling at that moment, but to believe God that He has heard and is hearing and He will bring us to that expected end or desire of which we are asking Him for. It is continuing to press on in that deed, and not give up. It’s like David running towards his Goliath, knowing that God will give him the victory; or the Israelites continuing to take each step in the Red Sea, knowing that it will not come crashing down on them. It is pressing on with God and not looking at other alternatives, “in case this doesn’t work” but believing that God is and continues to be a Rewarder of those who diligently seek Him (Hebrews 11v6).

Prayer

Father, we thank You so much for Your Word. We thank You because You are dependable and we have this confident assurance that if we pray in accordance to Your will, we know You hear us, and if we know You hear us, we know that we have that which we have requested of You. Thank You for Your faithfulness. All this we pray in Jesus name, amen.