HAVING FAITH IN FAITH IS NOT SUFFICIENT

“Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; for he is faithful that promised”

(HEBREWS 10:23).

At first thought it may sound strange to you—but I cannot recommend that we have faith in “faith.”

 

There is a good deal of preaching that is devoted only to faith. As a result, people have faith in “faith”—and are inclined to forget that our confidence is not in the power of faith but in the person and work of the Saviour, Jesus Christ.

 

We have full confidence in Jesus Christ—and that is the origin and source and foundation and resting place for all of our faith. In the kingdom of faith, we are dealing with Him, with God Almighty, the One whose essential nature is holiness, the One who cannot lie.

 

Our confidence rises as the character of God becomes greater and more beautiful and more trustworthy to our spiritual comprehension. The One with whom we deal is the One before whom goes faithfulness and truth.

 

Actually, there is a great difference between believing God and having confidence in Him because of His character, instead of believing that the things of God can be proven and grasped by human reason.

 

So, this is the confidence we have in Him. Faith mounts up on its long, heavenly boots—up the mountain top, up toward the shining peaks, and says in satisfaction: “If God says it, I know it is so!”

 

It is the character of God Himself—the One who cannot lie—that gives us this confidence!

 

  1. W. Tozer