Faith

Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things unseen.  Walking by faith is like walking on a tight rope, sometimes we fall off but yet we get back up and continue to walk by faith.  The more we learn to walk by faith the more our faith is built up.  Look at Saul’s experience on the road to Damascus in Acts 9: As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?" "Who are you, Lord?" Saul asked. "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting," he replied. "Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do."  The men traveling with Saul stood there speechless; they heard the sound but did not see anyone. Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could see nothing. So they led him by the hand into Damascus. For three days he was blind, and did not eat or drink anything. This experience, which Saul faced completely, changed his life and he turned from his old ways and became a new creature.  He began to walk by faith in what the Lord was telling him to do.  It was not always easy for Paul because he was blind, beaten, thrown in prison, endured sufferings, endured many sleepless nights but yet he kept the faith and held onto the one who had called him.  In Acts 14:22 Paul was strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to remain true to the faith. "We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God," they said.  The word states in Romans 1:17 that the “Righteous will live by FAITH.”  Let us remember and be encouraged by these words that Jesus spoke about faith:  I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father in John 14: 12-13.  Matthew 17:20 states I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you."