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 Scripture of the Day: Hebrews 11:1

Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.

Please note if you would like to feel pumped up and excited about your faith I encourage you to read this entire chapter in Hebrews…it is the Faith Hall of Fame if you will! It is chalk full of people who lived their life by faith – and God commended them for it.

I have been thinking of this verse for a couple of days now and it hit me this morning that because faith is indeed, “being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see,” it is freeing. It makes life easier. Rather than asking “why?” in many life situations/struggles, it is amazingly freeing to give those situations up to God because you know your hope is in Him and have glorifying certainty that His plans are better in the scope of things than you could ever plan yourself.

When you start reacting to situations in faith instead of asking why you are in them, you accept that where you are is where you were meant to be. Then you can skip the questioning phase that can drag you down and move right to the action phase, which is where God intends you to be! Life lived in faith is a life lived in action.

Closing Prayer:

Heavenly Father – thank you that faith in You is completely freeing and is not anything like bondage! Thank you also for giving us so many Scriptural examples of what a life lived by faith looks like. Please help me to live a life like that myself. At the end of my days I would like people who know me to be able to state, “By faith, Betsy ________.” Lord, help me to live out my purpose here on this Earth instead of spending my whole life questioning why I am here in the first place. Amen!

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