Daily Devotion

June 14, 2006

Psalms 27:13  I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

What is it that gives courage to the laboring missionary?  What is the element that gives the believer the substance to fight the good fight of faith daily?  How do we explain Christians-- both the past and contemporary-- who, without hesitation put their lives on the line for the Lord and the Word of the Gospel?  What keeps these people from spiritually “fainting”, giving up, or cracking under spiritual strain or pressure?

Turn now your ears from carnal wisdom, and hear the Words of celestial truth.  Faith in its early stages is like a love relationship.  As it is easy to say, “I fell in love”, it is so easily proclaimed, “I believe”.  But time and conflict have the nasty habit of testing both love relationships and faith.  And what makes the difference between a “fainting” love or a “fainting” faith, is the caliber of “belief” in its foundation.

Is the “belief” based on emotion? Passion? Does it exist because of physical gratification and gain?  Or is it a “belief” that is true and alive of its own without having to lean on the shaky props of feelings, and one that stands tall without the stilts of personal gratification?

So, my friend, build your faith, your relationships, your marriage and your life on the certainty of the foundation of the Word of God.  Lead your life and service for the Lord on His unfailing will, and you too, will not “faint” as you “believe” to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

Hebrews 11:1  Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

2Pe 1:19  We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:

Patrick Lumbroso
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