Faith and It's Wonders

What is faith?

If we want to really understand what faith means, we would not be able to find the true meaning of it in a dictionary or in any other books. Faith is explained clearly the in the bible in the book of Hebrews. It says in Hebrews 11:1, “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” So faith, based from what we read in the bible, means that it’s believing on the things that can’t be seen or grasped. This is really an integral part in being a christian. This is the manifestation or proof that you believe on God. The bible also says that without faith, we can’t please God (Hebrews 11:6).

What can faith do in my life?

There are many thing that faith can do in our lives. First of all, it would give us an understanding that there is an Almighty God who governs our lives. It says in Hebrews 11:6, “for he that cometh to God must believe that he is.” Without faith we wouldn’t be able to say that we believe God because in the first place we must believe, through faith, that He exists. Thinking that He doesn’t exists only makes us cheat ourselves because not all things in life are explainable with our the us of our mind. That is why faith is important because in order for us to know God, we must believe His existence through faith.

Another thing that faith can do in our lives is it would give us the wisdom to believe in the word of God. This means that it would teach us to believe everything that the bible tells us. Many people do not believe in the bible. Most people say that it is only written by man so it is prone to mistakes and it’s not perfect. The very reason they reject the words of the bible is that they are not humble enough to accept the things that the bible tells them. One reason is because the bible really tells us that we are committing sins and we are corrupt. No one with pride would accept this thing that the bible tells. Only people who are humble enough to accept that he’s a sinner would be able to believe the bible. Others misinterpret those kinds of people to be simple-minded and irrational. It may be true that if we base the things on the wisdom of this world, christians may be fools according to this world but according to the bible in 1 Corinthians 3:19, “For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God.” It may seem to others that what christians are doing, for example, going to church on Sundays and not resting or having time with the family just like the rest of the world, is foolishness to the world, but to God, it’s the opposite. And by doing what the world seemed to think is wise to do, is foolishness with God. What God wants in our lives is the opposite on what we think is right. And by believing the knowledge of God as wise, we have faith in Him that what He is saying is true and just and for our improvement. Through this, we become better persons who has a better understanding of what we experience in our everyday lives.

Last and most important of all, through faith we can attain salvation. It says in Ephesians 2:8-9, “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not or yourselves: it is the gift of God; not of works, lest any man should boast.” It says in those verses of the bible that we are SAVED by grace through FAITH and NOT OF WORKS. Salvation, as many people don’t understand, is a gift of God. This means that it is freely given to those who asks for it. We don’t need to do anything to attain it. All we have to do is to ask God for it. It’s that simple. For some people, they tend to go on doing so many good things in order for them to attain salvation. Doing good is not bad. Doing good is really good but this doesn’t give us salvation. We can only attain salvation by accepting that we are sinners and our sins would take us to hell, by seeing the fact that we need to ask the Lord Jesus Christ to save us from going to hell, and by doing a 360 degree turn to God from sin. If we only base these things in our own power, we can’t do it. We simply can’t because what we would always do is sin and cater to our worldly lusts. That is why we need to have faith in order for us to accept who we are in the sight of God. We are not perfect. We will always sin through our own efforts. WE NEED GOD to guide us so that we could do things that would give glory to Him, which is really are main purpose why we exist. So have faith in God so that He would be able to do wonders in our lives. To God be the glory!