BY FAITH

I have been reading Hebrews 11 a lot lately.  It is the chapter in the Bible all about the heroes of faith in the Bible.  I don’t know why but I just can’t seem to get enough of this chapter.  There is so much wisdom to be gleaned from these scriptures.  I have really been taken by verse 3.  It says 

“By FAITH we UNDERSTAND…”

By faith we understand, not by knowledge, books, lessons, teaching, lectures, sermons but by faith.  I have been thinking about this everyday for the last week.  We gain understanding by faith.  When we step out and believe understanding comes.  The scriptures for me are so much more alive when I am living by faith and being stretched than when I am just living life out of memory.  It is in those times that we step out of our comfort zones and walk by faith that we truly understand and see God like we have never seen Him before.

Proverbs tells us to get wisdom and above all else understanding.  I think that if you and I are truly going to have understanding, we have to live life by faith.  We have to step out of the ordinary and live for the extraordinary. We can’t just be content with where we are but have to step out to live where we should, on the edge of life trusting in God.

Listen, most of the time living BY FAITH doesn’t make sense, it isn’t logical, to most it is foolishness but to God it is that place where He can reveal himself to you and calm your heart with understanding.  It becomes the why behind the what of life.  This is what I am doing(FAITH) and the why(UNDERSTANDING) comes.  Moving to Ft. Lauderdale to plant a church where we knew no one made no sense.  Leaving a cutting edge, growing church where I had a job that used my gifts and talents wonderfully was not wise in a lot of peoples eyes.  Faith never makes sense logically, only spiritually.  I want to live as close to heart of God as I can in life.  I know that God is constantly challenging us to look at the unknown and run towards it rather than stay complacent.

How are you living your life?   Are you living BY FAITH?

I want to challenge you with this, if your lacking understanding then you are probably not living by faith.

Lets be people who have understanding and live by faith.