Today’s The Upper Room devotional sent me to Hebrews 11:1-10 where I settled in to reflect on the words. I made a mental note to work through a study on this book that’s teachings have always been intriguing. After I finish Revelation, and Daniel.
I found verse 1 in the chapter highlighted and remembered the many times I had meditated on it.
Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.
The verse starts with the word “now” and I considered its meaning. A google search gave me 3 options of a meaning and after a few minutes of considering I chose the conjunction. “as a consequence of the fact. ‘They spent a lot of time together now that he had retired’”
“Now faith is confidence…” “Now” that we’ve seen and heard, “now” that we’ve learned the stories of our ancestors, “now” that we’ve seen miracles only God could perform, we are confident “He” is real. We have faith.
As I sat here resting in God’s Word I remembered a verse from Mark 9.
Immediately the boy’s father exclaimed, “I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!” -v24
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