Faith Above Feelings
Hebrews 10:38 (NKJV)
“Now the just shall live by faith…” – Hebrews 10:38 (NKJV)
Has something occurred to cause you grief or unhappiness? Meet it with FAITH! The faith that God is present in every person and in every situation. The faith that God can be trusted to bless, renew, heal, and make all things right. Nothing is greater than God’s power in you. As you look past what seems to be, hold to the truth that nothing can separate you from God’s love.
Faith is giving substance to the unseen. It is evidence of unseen realities. We deal with or relate to the unseen through faith, and the only reason we know that they exist is that the Word of God says so. Therefore, your faith is actually based on what God has said. Your faith comes alive when God talks. For example, the reason we believe that when we pray, God answers isn’t because we think or assume He does but because the Word says He does. 1 John 5:14 says, “And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He heareth us.” (KJV). His Word is the basis and confidence of our faith. His Word is immutable and irrefutable: it is called the Infallible Word: perfect, dependable, and ever sure.
When God told Abraham, “I have made you the father of many nations” (Genesis 17:5), it didn’t matter that Abraham and his wife Sarah were already too old to have children. Sarah’s womb was already dead – nonfunctional, and so was Abraham’s body. Nevertheless, Abraham’s faith was in the infallibility of God’s Word. The Bible says, “And being not weak in faith, he [Abraham] considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah’s womb: He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God” (Romans 4: 19-20 – KJV).
God’s Word never returns to Him void. Therefore, keep acting your faith in what He has said irrespective of what the senses project. Don’t beg: don’t cower: don’t give up! Instead, insist on your rights, privileges, heritage, and blessings in Christ as stated in the Word. Even now, boldly affirm, ‘I walk in divine health; I walk in financial abundance; I am a success; a victor. I walk in full blessings of the Gospel of Christ! My life is for the glory of God.’ Hebrews 13:5-6 says, “He hath said…so we may boldly say…”. His Word is the basis for our faith-filled confession.
Live by FAITH and not by feelings. Amen!
Read: Psalm 89:1; Hebrews 13:5-6
Bible Reading Guide: Psalms 116:12-19; Colossians 1:1-23; Jeremiah 7:30-34; Jeremiah 8; Jeremiah 9:1-16
