Where's your faith?

So, what is faith? Do you have faith? According to dictionary.com, faith is "complete trust or confidence in someone or something." The Bible defines faith as "the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." Faith is simply knowing that you know that you know.

What you put your faith in is the most important part of faith. You can put your faith in a rotten board holding up the bridge your vehicle is about to pass over but that is certainly misplaced faith. Same goes for our spiritual lives. Some people put their faith in things that are dead, people, objects, etc., which is misplaced faith. Can dead people or dead things really "help" you?

Today's word is Genesis 15:6, NIV, which reads, "Abram believed the LORD, and He credited it to him as righteousness."

To put it really simply, Abram had faith in GOD and, because of that faith, he was considered by GOD to be righteous. The same faith as we have now - we have faith in JESUS as LORD and SAVIOR and that faith is what makes us righteous. Because, it is through that faith that JESUS has provided the only price that would settle our debt. And, because JESUS has settled our debts, and because we have faith that He has done such, we are now righteous in GOD'S eyes. WOW!

What do you have your faith in? Are you hoping your good will outweigh your bad? Are you hoping that some benevolent, dictatorial supremist is going to have a good day and allow you in? Your salvation is based on WHOM you place your faith. The ONLY ONE capable of atoning for our transgressions is the ONLY ONE Who took our sins upon Himself and became the sacrifice necessary for forgiveness - JESUS. And, when we accept JESUS CHRIST as our LORD and SAVIOR, His blood makes us righteous. He is the ONLY WAY. Where's your faith?

Be Blessed,
Mickey T