“Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” Hebrews 11:1 (NASB)
We all have hopes, don't we? We hope for good things and good outcomes when challenged by troubling circumstances. But are we convinced that these kind of hopes will be realized? True faith trusts the promise of the things we hope for because by faith we realize the promises we have received are true and so, we live by and we hope for their fulfillment. We have faith in things we can't really see. Our faith becomes our conviction they are real and they exist. Having faith is not a pathway to material wealth and prosperity. No, faith is knowing what we believe, we have been promised by God, is already ours. Faith is knowing that what God says will be, already is in Him. All of Hebrews 11 is an account of examples of this kind of faith where God fulfilled His Word in the lives of those who believed His promises. He does the same for us today. We might be able to write a bit about our examples of when we've had assurance and conviction of what we have been promised but do not see right now.
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