Daily
Devotional

“But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.” – Hebrews 11:6

Lately, I have spent some time thinking about the subject of faith, and have come to the conclusion that most of what we do takes faith. When we sit down at the computer to use the internet, we expect, or have faith, that we will be able to send and receive the information we need. When we buy an airline ticket, we have faith we will be able to go to the airport and fly where we have planned to go. When we go for a walk, we have faith we will come back again.

These situations show us that faith is something we learn. When we realize that certain events always unfold in the same way, we learn to trust that pattern. Our faith is increased when a belief proves true repeatedly, and our faith is greatly increased if a belief is tested under extraordinary circumstances and still proves true. If the belief were never tested, there would be no way to know if it were right.

Our focus verse says that to please God, we must have faith in Him and trust that what He says is true. Some people may say, “I just can’t believe,” or, “I just don’t have the faith to believe that.” Of course, no one has all faith, but when the Lord saves us, He plants a measure of faith in each of our hearts. If we will let Him, He will continually build upon that little seed of faith.

Do you want to know a sure way to increase faith in God? In Romans 10:17 we read, “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” The more we study God’s Word and come to understand His greatness, love, mercy, and overshadowing protection, the more our faith grows. After we learn about His promises and goodness in Bible examples, we increase our faith even more by exercising those beliefs in our daily living. We start with small concerns, such as traveling mercies or strength for a trying situation, and as we see the pattern of God always answering, we will eventually learn to trust God in every situation. The more we seek God and ask Him to undertake in our lives, the more our faith will grow.

Some people seem to have loads of faith. We sometimes sing a song which says, “God said it, I believe it, and that is good enough for me.” That is a good attitude! The Bible is full of examples of those who walked by faith—Noah, the Hebrew children, and Daniel, to name a few. They trusted in God, and God did not fail them. He will not fail us either. Trusting God is a choice and it is the best one we can make!