Faith Is Confident Assurance

As believers, we’ve been given a certain measure of faith from God Himself. That seed of faith needs to take root, grow, blossom, and continue to produce. How is your measure of faith stacking up?

November’s Awakening, Day 8

Now we shall possess a right definition of faith if we call it a firm and certain knowledge of God’s benevolence toward us, founded upon the truth of the freely given promise in Christ, both revealed to our minds and sealed upon our hearts through the Holy Spirit.

 —John Calvin

Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservations.

 —Elton Trueblood

Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. Hebrews 11:1 NIV

            It all begins with that small seed of faith. That seed of faith allows us to take that first step and believe in Christ and His finished work on the Cross. Without faith, we cannot believe, and without a continual growth in faith, we cannot move forward into His spiritual realm and receive the abundance of life that He has for us. Not just abundance in His provision for us but eternal abundance in the renovation of our very character and attributes.

Spirituality and faith must grow together hand in hand as they are both complementary and necessary to each other. The intangible quality of faith lies in your spirit essence and your spirit essence cannot connect and stay connected to God without that quality of faith. As we mature spiritually, so too our faith. It requires confident assurance in God, His nature, His promises, and His Word. Where on the scale does your faith measure?