Path to Amazing Faith (Spotlight on Faith Series 1)

What does it mean to have amazing faith? 

“Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe” (John 20:29b)

Faith or Sight

If you’re anything like me, you strive to know and understand the details of a situation before moving ahead. I’m that way with most things. I want the top deal, the best outcome, the prime situation—the assurance that I’m making the right decision. I want to see that things will turn out before proceeding.

This approach might work well in day-to-day decisions. But that’s not how our faith should look. Faith means believing something even if we don’t yet see it. It’s trusting that God knows best. It’s believing His might, power, wisdom, understanding, and knowledge far surpass ours and that He desires the best for us. That’s the faith Rahab had.

Faith means believing something even if we don't yet see it. It's trusting that God knows best. It's believing His might, power, wisdom, understanding, and knowledge far surpass ours and that He desires the best for us. Click To Tweet

Rahab (Joshua 2; Joshua 6) 

In all likelihood, Rahab would have had little knowledge about the God of the Israelites. She lived as a prostitute in a pagan city. Still, she believed in the power and might (the sovereignty) of this God she didn’t know, astonishingly declaring, “the Lord your God is God in heaven above and on earth below” (Joshua 2:11b). So in great faith, she hid two Israelite spies and trusted their God to save her and her family when Jericho fell.

Rahab didn’t demand to know all of God’s ways before she trusted Him. She had heard of His character. That was enough for her. She trusted the Lord first, before she knew everything about Him. And because of her faith, Rahab was grafted into the lineage of Jesus Christ. Rahab the prostitute became the wife of Salmon and the mother of Boaz. She was great-great-grandmother of King David. She became a heroine of faith.

Rahab, the prostitute, trusted the Lord first, before she knew everything about Him. And because of her faith, she was grafted into the lineage of Jesus Christ. She became a heroine of faith. #amazingfaith Click To Tweet

Amazing Faith

Knowing God’s character should be enough for us to trust Him as well. His faithfulness is guaranteed. That truth should fuel in us amazing faith!

Knowing God's character should be enough for us to trust Him. His faithfulness is guaranteed. That truth should fuel in us amazing faith! #spotlightonfaithseries Click To Tweet

Like Rahab, we shouldn’t need to know all His ways before trusting Him. Like Rahab, our faith should shine bright where previously stood our tarnished reputation. 

“Now faith is the reality of what is hoped for, the proof of what is not seen” (Hebrews 11:1).

Prayer

Lord, you don’t owe us anything in the way of explanation. Your character speaks for itself. Still, we sometimes doubt. Help us grow an amazing faith like Rahab had. Make Your faithfulness known to us in divine revelation, in the words of Scripture, in prayer, so our actions become based in trust. In Jesus’ faithful name, Amen. 

Reflections: Do you strive to see before you believe? Which of God’s character attributes fuels in you amazing faith?

By His grace ≈

Julie