Life's Daily Challenge Devotional

Now faith

“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen,” Hebrews 11:1.

Read Hebrews 11:1; Romans 1:17.

To those who cannot see their promise,

Now faith...Did you ever notice that faith is always now. Faith requires precise action at exactly the right moment. Ironically, that moment is always, now. That action might involve planning and doing, or it might involve actively waiting. It does not create works of flesh for God to bless, but rather reaches into the spirit realm, working out what God has already finished. Sometimes, it presses and wages war. Sometimes it stands attention for God’s next word. Regardless of how it manifests, it’s always working. It is a voluntary or involuntary response in obedience to the grace that God has given at any given moment in time. It advances the Kingdom of God within us and around us. Whatever God’s next step is, faith must rise to the occasion.

Faith often runs contrary to what we can see, hear, taste, touch, smell or understand. In fact, it becomes the evidence for things that we do not yet possess! It is the very substance of things that we hope for in our spirits, that have not yet been born in the tangible realm.

Someone once said that faith is stepping out on nothing and landing on something. Faith needs no tangible evidence. It creates its own and becomes a substance upon which to build faith for the future. We live our lives from faith to faith.

Faith flows out of relationship. Our connection with God is all the proof we need that we are on course. This is precisely why faith is always now. The just must live by their faith. Broken faith is a symptom of severed relationship. Faith flows out of knowing and knowing is the fruit of connection. The faith I had five minutes ago cannot sustain me now. Faith is always now and now is always the time for faith. Selah!