Faith: Our Pathway to Promises

my grands last Saturday

"For indeed we have good news preached to us, just as they also; but the word they heard did not profit them because it was not united with faith in those who heard." (Heb. 4:2)

         For my grandchildren, Saturday's sunshine and mild temperatures were a welcomed respite from the blanket of snow, which had shrouded the landscape for weeks. Even though snow returned on Sunday, they stand firm in unwavering faith that spring will indeed come!

          Almighty God liberated the children of Israel from the shackles of Egypt, made them a dust trail through the Red Sea, and promised them a beautiful land flowing with milk and honey. Yet, those unbelieving Hebrews failed to secure the good news with faith.
         Andrew Murray wrote: "the land was waiting: the rest was provided; God Himself would bring them in and give them rest. One thing was lacking; they did not believe, and so did not yield themselves to God to do it for them what He had promised. Unbelief closes the heart against God, withdraws the life from God's power; in the very nature of things unbelief renders the word of promise of none effect."1

         I continue to write storybooks not because I've seen exorbitant success, but because the Master has said, "Don't get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time, you will reap a harvest of blessing if you don't give up" (Gal. 6:9)
         Hebrews 11:1 defines faith as "the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen, it gives us assurance about things we cannot see." What wonderful things await you if you will only unite faith with the promises of God?

"Little faith will bring your souls to heaven, but great faith will bring heaven to your souls."  ~Charles Spurgeon~

 God promised "as long as the earth remains, there will be seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter,
and day and night shall not cease" (Gen. 8:22).

1 Andrew Murray, The Holiest of All (New Kensington, PA: Whitaker House, 1996), 144.