Day
by day i have been coming to a new perspective of what faith is. We
have grown up in a generation where faith i believe has been less
represented for what it really is. For decades we have camped on the one
sided view that faith is something abstract that we hold onto to
receive things that are beyond human reach and that ought to happen by a
supernatural belief in God who is able to do exceedingly and abundantly
far from any ounce of human understanding.
I in no way
dispute this hold on faith, but recently i have been thinking more and
more of the eternal perspective that the bible presents. See the bible
says all things were made by him, for him & through him, meaning
that the end result of everything has to be in him and for him. I do
appreciate the reality of life and how material things are beneficial
for our living and i rightly believe that God has made faith available
for us to receive those things that make life easier , but i also
believe that when Jesus speaks of the end times he says "whoever will
endure to the end...will have their names written on a pillar". So faith
seems to be the means to an end, somehow the original purpose of faith
was for us to receive eternal life and salvation.
The
call is never to forget that life on earth is not the ultimate, the
measure of faith ought not only to be based on how much we get when we
ask God but more so, will our endurance last till the end, its our faith
in God that he is God & that price paid for salvation was so dear,
that keeps us so focused on finishing this race excellently well.
Salvation is by faith & that is far more than the gains of this
life.
NB: God gives all things pertaining to life and to
godliness 2Peter 1:3 His divine power has granted to us all things
that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who
called us to his own glory and excellence
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