It’s a beautiful day to be a neighbor.
Today’s Family Wins devotional reflects on Hebrews 11:1 — “Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.”
Contrary to popular belief, faith is not a blind leap in the dark, a hope and a prayer, or an attempt to believe something regardless of the evidence. So how can something that seems so uncertain be the basis for something Scripture calls certain? Either the world is wrong, or the Bible is wrong. Matthew Henry gives us a twofold definition. First, faith is confidence in what we hope for. Faith and hope go together. Faith is a firm persuasion that God will perform all He has promised us in Christ, and it is so strong that it gives the soul a kind of present possession of those things, a foretaste of them, so that believers are filled with a joy unspeakable and full of glory. Second, faith is assurance about what we do not see. Faith shows the eye of the mind the reality of what the eye of the body cannot discern. It is the firm assent of the soul to divine revelation, the seal that God is true, and full approval of all God has revealed as holy, just, and good. It serves the believer in place of sight, and it is to the soul all that the senses are to the body. In the physical realm, we say, “I’ll believe it when I see it.” On the spiritual level, we turn that around: “I’ll see it when I believe it.” Noah and Abraham, along with many others, are enshrined in God’s Hall of Faith in Hebrews 11. They saw God work in their lives when they believed. Their spiritual vision was 20/20. How’s yours?
After you listen, go back and read Hebrews 11:1-16 for yourself — open your devotional to page 783, pull up the app, or grab your free copy at mindwolves.com/tfw. Let God speak to you directly, in your own time, in your own home.
A godly husband isn’t made in a day. Neither is a godly wife, a godly father, or a godly mother. They’re made in moments like this one — one verse, one choice, one day at a time.
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Grace and peace to you and your home.
