REVEALED WORD TODAY

// Read: Hebrews 11:1-7 //
11 What is faith? It is the confident assurance that something we want is going to happen. It is the certainty that what we hope for is waiting for us, even though we cannot see it up ahead. 2 Men of God in days of old were famous for their faith.

3 By faith—by believing God—we know that the world and the stars—in fact, all things—were made at God’s command; and that they were all made from things that can’t be seen.[a]

4 It was by faith that Abel obeyed God and brought an offering that pleased God more than Cain’s offering did. God accepted Abel and proved it by accepting his gift; and though Abel is long dead, we can still learn lessons from him about trusting God.

5 Enoch trusted God too, and that is why God took him away to heaven without dying; suddenly he was gone because God took him. Before this happened God had said[b] how pleased he was with Enoch. 6 You can never please God without faith, without depending on him. Anyone who wants to come to God must believe that there is a God and that he rewards those who sincerely look for him.

7 Noah was another who trusted God. When he heard God’s warning about the future, Noah believed him even though there was then no sign of a flood, and wasting no time, he built the ark and saved his family. Noah’s belief in God was in direct contrast to the sin and disbelief of the rest of the world—which refused to obey—and because of his faith he became one of those whom God has accepted.

MEDITATION:
Beloved, obedience to God’s commandment and instruction is only possible by faith. It had never rained in the land before God told Noah to build an Ark; mist from the earth watered the face of the ground (Genesis 2:6). It is only faith in God that can make a man spend time building what he did not know how it will be used. But he believed the invisible and obeyed. His obedience saved him with his family when God destroyed the earth.

PRAYER: Pray that you will by faith obey the Word of God for fulfillment.