The word for today is - Faith!

Good morning,
The word for today is - Faith!

Lets talk this morning about our faith walk. The word from God say, we must have faith in order to please God. Read Hebrews 11:6,But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.To know and experience what faith is and does, we must know and have faith: loyalty, belief and trust in God, now that's the key in your faith walk. It says with out it, it's impossible to please Him! So, without "confidence" in God, He cannot be pleased with the man who has no confidence in him; who doubts the truth of his declarations and promises; who does not believe that his ways are right, or that he is qualified to order your footsteps. This means that mankind thinks, that they have greater or more power then God. Wrong!!!!  Now, lets dig a little, if your Heavenly Father tells you something to do, but you believe you can do it better your way, then your out of the will of God. You see the will of God is doing it God's way only, now that's walking by faith not by sight. Can you identify yourself with those who are blind. It is so unnatural for us to walk without looking where we are going, yet that is precisely what Paul says we believers must do.  Read 2 Corinthians 5:7,"We walk by Faith, not by Sight."  Now,this principle has several applications.You see,those who "walk by sight" depend for authority upon what they experience,from man. But,those who "walk by faith" confide in revelation for authority, this means our faith and the revelation of God's word is the only way for the believers to walk as Scripture directs us.The problem is that the eyes of man are never satisfied read Proverbs 27:20,it says Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. The pursuit of wealth eventually becomes an obsession, a god read Matthew 6:24; Colossians 3:5, and man never reaches the point where he has enough. You see most people in this world are far more concerned with accumulating wealth than they are serving God. Read Deuteronomy 6:5, And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. It says with all your heart, this means Lord your my first love, your the first (in the morning, thanks for this day) and the last thing on our minds (thanks for seeing us through this day,at night).Also, the bible tells us, Either we will hate one and love the other. Read Matthew 6:24,No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. Paul was no foolish visionary. With grim realism, he came to grips with all he had suffered read 2 Corinthians 11:24-28. But the reason he did not despair is found in 2 Corinthians 4:16-18,For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal. Paul was hopeful in the face of suffering because his sights were set on heaven, not on this world. So, read 1 John 1:6-7,If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. That means it is done, by the blood of Jesus, so walk by the light of Jesus Christ. Have no fear, for He is your light. Thank you God for your word. Amen !