*Faith's Consolation

I have a little plaque on my dresser which reads, “Faith isn’t faith till it’s all you’re holding onto!” The Bible says, “…from faith to faith.” We start our Christian lives with it, and we are to end with it. And all in between is to be governed by it, for we are told, “…the just shall live by faith.” And without it, “…it is impossible to please [God].”

The Scriptures say we are to “…walk by faith.” And what are we to do when too weak and frail to any longer do this? It is then we are to “…stand by faith.” Like the patriarch of old, “By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed…and worshipped, leaning upon his staff.” And when the old man could no longer do this, “…he gathered his feet into his bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.”

“These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.” (Heb.11:13-14)