Faith: A Risk Worth Taking

Just a short little thing I’ve just come across while doing homework that I wanted to share with you . . .

Kenneth Boa says in his book, Conformed to His Image, “Faith is pleasing to God because it is the measure of the risk we place in his character and promises.”

Romans 4:20-22 (ESV) says, “No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised. That is why his faith was ‘counted to him as righteousness.’”

Faith is hard, seriously hard when we cannot see the end result and we have no control over the outcome. God knows this is a challenge for us. As we choose to engage in relationship with Him though, spending time in His Word, we come to know His character. This coming to know Him helps to build our trust, which increases our faith.

As time goes on and we accumulate experiences, choosing to trust Him, we learn that He is trustworthy and so our faith grows. This enables us to continue in faith and trust when times are hard and we don’t understand the things He allows. We can know that He is for us and that even when He allows difficult things, that He can turn them around for our good in ways we never could have imagined.