Pondering about trusting our “faith” that God is exactly who He says He is drew me to a few verses and it is exciting to know that my Daddy’s delight grows as I come to fully know and trust Him. Our complete faith in the Lord is important to Him and “He delights in those who understand and know Him, knowing that He is the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth.” (Jer 9:24) and who can know Him and His ways without trusting or having faith that He is your Lord? It is also important to realize this passage speaks of “Yada” (see Strong’s H3045) or of knowing God in a deep intimate way, such as a man would have a deeply intimate [and carnal] knowledge and understanding of his wife, it is not speaking of just hearing that God exists.
So, why do we need to have faith that God is real? We know that “without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.” (He 11:6) As it is God’s power that is greater than anything we can hope for or imagine, we need to continually live a life of faith knowing that our old self is dead. I believe too many people forget Paul’s reminder to us that as we are to live by faith, we should not continue to live in sinful ignorance as we did before our salvation. “For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful expectation of judgment…” (He 10:26-27)
When Paul spoke of faith, he said, “Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise: “For yet a little while, And He who is coming will come and will not tarry. Now the just shall live by faith [or trust]; But if anyone draws Back, My soul has no pleasure in him.” (He 10:35-38) He continued in this line of thought in the next chapter where he states; “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good testimony. By faith [or trust] we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.” (He 11:1-3)
Pondering about trusting our “faith” that God is exactly who He says He is drew me to a few verses and it is exciting to know that my Daddy’s delight grows as I come to fully know and trust Him. Our complete faith in the Lord is important to Him and “He delights in those who understand and know Him, knowing that He is the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth.” (Jer 9:24) and who can know Him and His ways without trusting or having faith that He is your Lord? It is also important to realize this passage speaks of “Yada” (see Strong’s H3045) or of knowing God in a deep intimate way, such as a man would have a deeply intimate understanding of his wife, it is not speaking of just hearing that God exists.
So, why do we need to have faith that God is real? We know that “without faith it is impossible to please [God]…” (He 11:6) When Paul spoke of faith, he said, “Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise: “For yet a little while, And He who is coming will come and will not tarry. Now the just shall live by faith [or trust]; But if anyone draws Back, My soul has no pleasure in him.” (He 10:35-38) He continued in this line of thought in the next chapter where he states; “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good testimony. By faith [or trust] we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.” (He 11:1-3)
Do you think we need to have faith?
