Sunday 24 June 2018

Assurance

By faith Abel …                                                                                              Heb. 11.4
By faith Enoch…                                                                                           Heb. 11.5
By faith Noah…                                                                                             Heb. 11.7


Hebrews chapter 11 is the most wonderful writing on faith. In it, we read of the great men and women of faith and their demonstration of faith – assurance of things hoped for and a certainty, a conviction, of things unseen. 

We see faith in action.

In Abel we see how faith makes death the path to life.
In Enoch we see how faith conquers death.
In Noah we see how faith saves others from death by the work it does for them.

Faith sees what the world cannot see. Faith sees everything, the future too, in the light of God.

I live in the present. I want to live in the present, but I want to do so with faith. I want an assurance of the future and the unseen. I want to see what the world cannot see. I want to see everything – past, present and future – in the light of God.




Lord God,
I thank You for this writing and for the wonderful examples and encouragement of these godly men.
I do not aspire to be Abel. I dare not aspire to be Enoch (though I would very much like to know the experiences he knew). I cannot aspire to be Noah. Nor, indeed, do I need to! For I am me. You created me to be me, and not Abel, Enoch or Noah.  
I thank You that You created me, me! I like me. I enjoy me. But I am not satisfied with me. I want to be more like Jesus. Like Jesus, I want to live my life totally to the fulfilment of Your will. I want to see everything in the light of God. I want to live in faith – filled with faith. Would You help me, Lord? I’m asking in the precious name of Jesus.                   Amen.





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