Overcoming Adversities by the Power of God

Faith Builds the Person in Christ

FAITH MATTERS SINCE it is a part of life. Without faith, human existence would be miserable if not impossible, for in it hangs all institutions of government and society. No civilization can ever stand without it. Our banking system, for example, is one structure where people deposit money based on faith alone that when needed it can be withdrawn.

Faith, therefore, is one of our most precious and upstanding principles in confronting our doubts and fears. How did you know, for instance, that the guy who took your beloved wife and son to the airport was a professional cabdriver? With faith that all is well with you today, you would have peace. Faith prevents your incoherent suspicions of life from spreading and conquering your mind and soul. For “faith is the assurance of things hoped for,” according to the Holy Bible, “the evidence of things not seen” (Heb. 11:1). It is the eye of our soul and the foundation of a hopeful, happy, and serene existence.

Faith builds the person, whereas doubt and skepticism just lead one to stagnation, hopelessness, and defeat.

What kind of faith is it that overcomes life’s adversities and gives victory, assurance, and hope? Well, taught the apostle John: “For every child of God defeats this evil world, and we achieve this victory through our faith. And who can win this battle against the world? Only those who believe that Jesus is the Son of God” (1 John 5:4-5, NLT).

Expel Faith Out and Paralyze Your Chances of Winning

No one would deny that Science gives humanity great hospitals, electricity, aircraft, machines. And we know that it feeds not on faith but solid facts through research. But science is not everything. Scientists die without understanding death. The genius of Edison or Einstein means nothing when tested by a spiritual gauge. Life is a mystery and death (its twin) requires real faith in the Holy Scriptures. Death is unverifiable; we don’t know what it is. But Christ crushed death by His resurrection. Faith in Christ’s words, therefore, strengthens our hope for the good news of endless life and eternal joy.

Expel faith out of your heart if you want to keep checking your chair if it can still hold you. There are tons of similar madness that your endless suspicion and faithlessness may bring into your pathetic course of unbelief. Paralyze your chances of winning by skepticism and needless alarms. Believe therefore and overcome your trials in the power of God.

Faith is power. Emerson said: “All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen.” If you trust your Creator, you have victory over the unexplained, even death. Wrote Paul: “ . . . revealed by the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel” (2 Tim. 1:10). Death is the greatest of all the unknowns of life. But we can face it head-on if we believe in Christ. “For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain” (Phil. 1:21).