Standing on Promises: Living by Faith This Summer

No longer do I just trust in my own strength. No longer do I do I have in my own abilities, but I really begin to understand that God is the one that I can stand on. God is the one that had that that can be that rock for me, that firm foundation. You see, faith, it stands on the promises of God and the truths of God even in uncertainty. Because we will have uncertain times in our life. As we read and we study this summer, these people that are listed in Hebrews chapter 11, absolutely many of them, if not all of them, had seasons and times of uncertainty in their life. [00:16:34] (39 seconds)

As part of what as we grow in faith, we we start to move from having confidence in ourself and putting faith in ourself to putting faith and confidence in God. Many times that's how we live life, though. We we go through life living life with confidence in ourself, putting faith in ourself. I I I have confidence in my own strength. I have confidence in my own abilities. I have confidence on how much I can handle. I have confidence in what I can accomplish. And faith and living a faithful life begins we be means that we begin to move away from having confidence in ourself, and our confidence begins to become in God and in God alone. [00:15:54] (41 seconds)

It's about having this this firm foundation that I'm planting my life. standing on the reality of God. I'm planting my life, and I'm standing in the foundation of my life is that I'm holding on to the truths of God and the promises of God. This verse says, now faith is the assurance of things hoped for. Then it goes on to say this, the conviction of things not seen. You see, faith is trusting God beyond what we can see. It's about this complete trust of God, complete trust of the truths of God, complete trust of the of the reality of God, complete trust of the promises of God without the need of physical proof. The conviction of things not seen. [00:18:31] (53 seconds)

They kept walking faithful. They kept walking with their life full of faith. Why? Because their faith wasn't based on visible evidence. Their faith was rooted in knowing and holding on to the character God. That he is who he says he is, and he will do what he says he will do. That's faith. Like, I'm holding on to the character of God. That's why Paul could write in second Corinthians chapter five verse seven, and he says this, for we walk by faith, not by sight. [00:20:49] (33 seconds)