What Is Faith, Really?
What Is Faith, Really?
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Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised (Romans 4:20-21, NIV)
The prophet Abraham wasn’t just facing situations that were hard—they were impossible. God had told Abraham that he would be the “Father of many nations,” but there he was, childless, and both he and his wife were well past their childbearing years. Abraham wasn’t swayed by his circumstances. Sure, he saw them, but he was fully persuaded that God had the power to do what He said He would do despite what it looked like.
That is faith.
Faith is also known as agreeing with what heaven says. Faith is also being fully persuaded that what God says is true.
That’s why the Bible refers to faith as a shield that extinguishes the devil’s flaming arrows (Ephesians 6:16). When the enemy tries to get you off course by telling you lies, it is our faith that persuades us to reject those lies. Faith allows us to go forward, confidently, following the promises of God read in His Word.
When you’re confident, there’s no fear. Fear is the opposite of faith. You can’t be in fear and in faith at the same time. It’s one or the other.
We study faith when reading in Hebrews 11:1 (King James Version):
“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”
The same verse of Hebrews 11:1 in the Amplified version reads:
“Now faith is the assurance (title deed, confirmation) of things hoped for (divinely guaranteed), and the evidence of things not seen [the conviction of their reality—faith comprehends as fact what cannot be experienced by the physical senses].
Now that is confirmation that the promises of God said in God’s Word has substance, a Title Deed! Believers, I tell you, this can be taken to the bank of the heavenly economy!
Blessings in Christ,
Pastor Danny & Donna Burns
Danny Burns Ministries
