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Scripture: Habakkuk 3:17-19
Song: Higher Ground
What is faith? Is it trusting in God? Precisely. But it’s trusting in God not just when the barn is full but especially when the barn is empty.
What’s faith? Is it believing God answers your prayers? Yes sir. But it’s still believing when His answer is, “No,” or, “Not yet,” or when His answer is not forthcoming.
Explain faith. Is it obeying God? Certainly. But especially is it obeying God when there are consequences to suffer, enemies to face, storms to weather, and when you walk the pathway of duty alone.
Faith? Is it attending the services? Surely. But also attending the services when another venture competes for your attention or perhaps when brethren pay you no mind.
Faith. How do measure it? By the dollars you place in the collection plate? Perhaps. More so, when you like the widow give from your poverty.
What is real faith? The prophet said that the test of real faith is that it’s still there when spring never comes, when the harvest fails, when the land is barren, when the stalls are empty and the well is dry. When life is void of all comfortable reasons to believe, and faith persists, you know you’ve got it. That’s hard. That’s real hard. That’s faith. Real faith. It’s the real thing.
Jason Moore
