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Walking By Faith
Walking by faith is so important. It is so easy to walk by sight. Walking by faith means we do not trust in the bottom line; it means we look above the bottom line.
Walking by faith helps us see that impossibilities can become realities. Sight will never see beyond the moment. Faith sees the future as a reality. Faith built the ark. Can you imagine everyone around Noah telling him that there is no way this can be built? By faith Noah built. Faith did the hard thing. Abraham offered Isaac by faith. Can you just hear all saying, “You cannot offer your son.” But by faith Abraham offered Isaac. Faith sees beyond the moment and the impossibilities. We cannot survive walking by sight.
Faith overcome all obstacles. Faith is the key to our victory (1 John 5:4). Yes, building is expensive. Building is daunting, but it was by faith that the children conquered the walls of Jericho. Can’t you just see them saying among themselves, “Those walls are too great. We cannot tear them down.” Right! They couldn't, but God could. We overcome the obstacles to progress and growth by faith. Walking by sight, we will lose and digress.
Faith enables us to see beyond the moment. We have faith in God, whom we have not seen. This moment we may be told that all that is faith is not real. But faith sees beyond the mirage of the moment to the reality of where life really lies. Life is in the Son. The Son provided for us something beyond this moment. He provided something we cannot see or touch. That which He provides cannot be achieved by sight. No amount of money can buy it, but faith will make what He promises real.
I cannot explain it, or help someone understand it, but faith in God, who can do exceedingly abundantly above all we think or ask (Eph. 3:20), moves us to do what cannot be done otherwise.
Rickie
