Romans 4:3 What does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”

A construction crew was laying a drain line as part of a new building program. While excavating, the workmen uncovered a power cable directly in their path. The foreman called the electrician who was wiring the new building. The electrician looked at the cable and assured the foreman that it was dead, there was no power running through it. “Just cut it out of your way.”  “Are you sure there is no danger?” the foreman asked.  “Absolutely,” the electrician replied. So the foreman asked him, “Well, then, will you cut it for us?”  The electrician hesitated for a moment, and with a slight smile said, “Well, I’m not that sure.”

To say that you believe something is true, and then actually to believe it are sometimes two different things. If you profess to believe something, but then fail to act upon that profession, it calls into question whether or not you truly believe.  Would you believe that electrician?  He wasn’t sure enough to act upon what he said he believed–would you? Probably not.

You’ve all heard the adage SEEING IS BELIEVING. That is the way the world operates. Things are accepted as truth when they can be substantiated by empirical evidence. And this is not true only of scientists, but of most of those who live without faith.

Two children were playing on a hillside as it was nearing sunset. One said with wonder, “See how far the sun has gone? A little while ago it was right over that tree, and now it is low down in the sky!” The other boy said, “Yeah, that’s neat, but it isn’t the sun that moves–it’s the earth. My Father told me so.” The first boy shook his head, insisting that the sun had moved. He had seen it with his own eyes, and he knew that the earth had not moved, since he had been standing on it. “I know what I see,” he said triumphantly. The other boy replied, “And I believe my Father.”

That is pretty much the way mankind divides itself: some accept only what their senses reveal to them, others believing the Word of God.  For the Christian, BELIEVING IS SEEING. It is through faith that you understand the wonders of our God. You read in Scripture that God loved you enough to come down here and take care of what separated us from God, making it possible for us to be forgiven and have life WITH HIM forever. It is through believing that you receive life.

Jeremiah 17:7 “But blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him.”

I am going to strive to live more confidently in the certainty I have because of God’s promises.