Faith is seeing the unseen. Faith is believing in things that are not perceived by our five senses but are promised by our God. This faith is like a life jacket. This life jacket is essential in times when we are in the troubled waters and are about to sink. Most of the times, we used to have good faith and confess the same boldly when we are in the favorable zone, but lose faith when we go through tough times. What we are doing is actually the reverse of what we are supposed to do.We should be strong and courageous during tough times. Use the life jacket when it is needed the most. Fear is the opposite of Faith. Those who fear a lot are actually believing in things that are unseen. Fear is faith in negative things. Faith and fear have the same function but brings opposite results. I can imagine that my finances will be blessed by God in the coming year and feel blissful or can imagine that I will plunge in to debt this year and feel depressed. In both these cases, I believe in something to
be happened which I currently don't see, one on the positive side and the other on the negative side. Both are seeing the unseen. The former, we call Faith and the latter, Fear. They are mutually exclusive, like two sides of a coin. Where there is fear, there is no faith, where there is faith, there is no fear.
We tend to believe in unfavorable things happening in our life. We often imagine and even have strong hope that things will definitely go wrong. This tendency at least shows that we have high potential to see things that are unseen, but are using our energy on the negative side. Diverting our energy in seeing positive things promised by God happening in our lives will surely unleash the power of the Holy Spirit tremendously in our lives. Romans 5:2 says, "through whom we have gained
access by faith into this grace in which we now stand" (Emphasis mine), if we carefully see the emphasized part of this verse, it is clear that Faith is the access to Grace. By grace we are saved through faith in Jesus Christ. Grace is sufficient for us. To approach this grace, the access key is Faith. Faith is the password to enter this grace. Grace is freely given. We receive it by Faith. The act of giving by God is done and finished on Cross. Let us know all that is done for us on Cross and receive that abundant blessings through Faith in him. Let us live a glorious life in Jesus Name. Amen...!
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