Live By Faith
“The just shall live by faith,” (Rom. 1:17; Gal. 3:11) “for whatever is not from faith is sin.” (Rom. 14:23)
Today, there is great emphasis on faith in salvation, and rightly so, but there is not enough emphasis on faith in our day to day lives after salvation. The faith we placed in God to supernaturally save us from our sin is the same kind of faith we should place in Him to supernaturally work in our daily lives.
Faith and trust in God should be the basic, underlying attitude in everything we do. In fact, even the good things we do are sin if they are not done from faith in God. Often times our faith is in ourselves, our money, our job, our retirement plan, our church, our pastor, our guns, other people, etc. and not in God.
“Without faith it is impossible to please [God], for he who comes to [Him] must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.” (Heb. 11:6) No matter how hard we try, we cannot please God with our own efforts. He is only pleased when we completely trust in Him. It is amazing how often we act as if God does not exist. We must live our days mindful that God is and that He is always there with us. A life of faith is one that diligently and constantly seeks God.
Unbelief is the great limiter within the Church as a whole and in the lives of individual believers. There were many times that Jesus could not do mighty works because of unbelief in people. The same is true today. Jesus wants to do mighty works in and through the Church. He is only limited by our unbelief.
Don’t be an unbelieving believer. Live by faith!!!
