Faith In...Who?

"Jesus did many other miraculous signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not recorded in this book. But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His Name....Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see" (John 20:30,31; Hebrews 11:1).

Many people talk about having faith today. "Just have faith, keep up the faith..." But the real issue is, as you know, is, "Faith in what....really, faith in Whom?" We don't start with faith. Faith begins with the Object of the faith; in the person of the faith that one holds.

The above Scripture defines well the meaning of Christian Faith. Faith in Whom? Faith in the person of the Lord Jesus Christ. When Jesus walked the earth, He did many miracles - more than those contained in the pages of Scripture. Why? So that those who witnessed the miracles, the disciples, would believe, so that they would have believe in Jesus as He walked among them and more importantly, they would have faith in Christ when He left them - physically!

That is where we are today. Faith means being sure of what we hope for (where is your hope?). And faith means being certain of what we do not see (if you can see physically see it, it doesn't require faith).

As we celebrate Jesus in the Holy Week...I pray that the "eyes of your (and my) heart would be enlightened - that our eyes of faith would increase, that we would know the hope to which Christ has called us, that hope which has in store a glorious inheritance in the saints, and that we would know His incomparably great power for us who believe" (Ephesians 1:18,19).

Lord we believe, help our unbelief.