“Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will
actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see.” (Hebrews
11:1 NLT, second edition)
Faith is visualizing the future. It’s believing it before
you see it. Hebrews 11:1 says, “Faith is the confidence that what we hope for
will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see” (NLT,
second edition).
A lot of people say, “I’ll believe it when I see it!” God
says the exact opposite is true: “You will see it when you first believe it.”
There are many things in life that have to be believed before they can be seen.
In the 1960s, the Russians sent the first cosmonaut into
outer space. He circled the earth, and when he came back down, he did a press
conference and said, “I searched the heavens, and I looked for God, and I did
not see him anywhere. Therefore, there is no God.” The Communists, which was an
atheistic regime, said, “We now have scientific proof that there is no God.”
About six months later, John Glenn went into space, circled the earth three
times on Gemini, came back down, and held a press conference. He said, “I saw
God everywhere! I saw his glory in the galaxy. I saw his splendor in the
universe. I saw his majesty in the stars.”
Which one was right? They both were. Jesus said, “Unless
you are born again, you cannot see the Kingdom of God” (John 3:3). Before there
is spiritual transformation in your life, you’re too narrow-minded to see the
possibility of what God wants to do in your life.
Wernher von Braun, the father of the nuclear movement,
said, “There has never been any great accomplishment in history without faith.”
It is faith that causes an architect to design a building because, first, he
believes it can be done. It is faith that causes an Olympic athlete to practice
and go to the Olympic trials because she believes she can achieve. It is faith
that causes a sculptor or an artist to believe that he can paint a picture or
attempt the sculpture. It is faith that causes the scientist to believe that we
can put a man on the moon. Someone has to believe it before you see it. It is a
universal principle of life. - Devotional by Pastor Rick Warren.
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