Pursuing Faith

“Flee also youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, 
faith, love, peace with those who call 
on the Lord out of a pure heart.” 
(2 Timothy 2:22 NKJV)

    God wants us to pursue faith, to eagerly seek after it and earnestly endeavor to acquire it. So what is it? What is faith?

    Hebrews 11:1 states “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” (NKJV) – but what does that mean?

    Simply put, faith gives us confidence in the things we hope for and with faith we are convinced of God – even though we cannot see Him – we firmly believe in His existence, His Son, His truth, His promises, etc .

    We must pursue faith! Without it we cannot live righteously before God – it is impossible to please Him (Hebrews 11:6)!

    So how do we get faith?

“So then faith comes by hearing, 
and hearing by the word of God.” 
(Romans 10:17 NKJV)

    The Contemporary English Version says it this way: “No one can have faith without hearing the message about Christ.”

    Faith begins when you hear God’s Word (John 1:1-14) and are receptive to it (Matthew 13:23). Faith, from that point will either grow, if you continue to seek God and His righteousness (Matthew 6:31-33) or grow stagnant, if you let your focus return to the world around you (Matthew 13:20-22). 

       If the Lord wills, over the next few weeks we will take a closer at faith – how to have it, how to maintain it, how to build it up and increase it – so that we, who call on the Lord out of a pure heart, can learn to flee youthful lusts and pursue faith!

     Are you ready to grow your faith – to pursue that end earnestly and eagerly so that you may flourish in it?

You can do it! So can I!!