Faith in the Scriptures is a confident trust in the promises, character, and power of God, leading to a life shaped by that trust. It is more than intellectual agreement; it involves reliance and obedience. Hebrews 11:1 (KJV) offers a foundational definition: “Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.” This describes faith as both an internal conviction and an outward posture of assurance, underpinned by God’s revealed truth.

Biblically, faith is not “blind.” It includes reasoned confidence in God’s Word and actions throughout history. The Greek term often translated as “faith” (pistis) implies belief, trust, and fidelity. Scripture portrays faith as an active reliance upon God, anchored in divine revelation and confirmed by changed lives, miracles, and historical testimonies.

When I was in grade school we were taught that a noun was: a person, place or thing.  But, my Christian life has taught me that faith is a verb, i.e., an action word.  Which brings me to the secret that only my family and a very select few have fully known in complete detail.

It has to do with my health.  For the past nearly six years I have been blessed to experience a plethora of different serious health issues.  While not going through them name by name, suffice it to say: I’ve had multiple surgeries, multiple different procedures; then just as one ailment was passing, inexplicably I experienced seemingly out of nowhere a new one.  I experienced one condition after another, after another, all seemingly out of nowhere.

Each time I was nearly fully recovered from one thing, another would occur.  Then just as I was recovered from the last issue; I was sitting stopped at a traffic light when a young man plowed into the rear of our vehicle.  Then in the midst of my recovering from that, I’m told that my eyesight is seriously threatened due to glaucoma.  When told, I told the doctor: “God’s got this.”  He looked at me as though I had three heads.  But, after all He has brought me through, how on earth can I not believe.  I know without question my vision is safe in His hands.

I referenced these things as a blessing because they were.  During these years I found out a lot about myself.  Not one time through it all did I ask God why this was happening to me.  Not once did I experience fear or panic.  In fact, during one incident of health failure on a Sunday morning, I had a dispute with a doctor at an emergency center because she was insisting that I be immediately admitted to the hospital, and I was arguing that I would go after church.  Against all of my protestations the doctor, medical staff and my wife finally convinced me to let their ambulance take me to the hospital.  And, good that I did.

These things were a blessing because I was able to share Jesus Christ with doctors, nurses, and staff.  Persons that I otherwise would not have had audience with – several of whom received the message of Christ I shared.  They were also a blessing, because of what I experienced God do.  Add to that, He has placed a testimony in my heart and mouth.

I said faith is a verb and nothing dissuades me of same.  My faith demanded action on my part.  That action was to believe without question that my God was still my God and that He was in total control of every situation.  I wasn’t burdened by the weight of what I was/am going through because I had the promise of His Word that He would never leave me or forsake me, and the testimony that He had never failed me or one of His children ever.

I’m not patting myself on the back.  I’m saying that my willingness to embrace the Word of God in toto made it impossible for me to doubt His promises.  Through it all, including right now, I’ve had a peace and an assurance that I cannot explain, because it doesn’t come from my strength, it comes from He who dwells within me.

For me faith isn’t a thing; it is an action.  “The scripture says we walk by faith, not by sight.” (2 Corinthians 5:7 KJV)

My faith is in God, who answers my/our prayers: And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. (John 14:13 KJV)  Can Jesus lie?  And that for me means answering according to His best will for me.

My friends, Satan is a liar and a deceiver.  Do not let him steal your joy or quench your spirit.  God is our strength.  Eating a can of spinach like Popeye the Sailor doesn’t make us strong.  Feasting on the “Truth” of the Word of God does.  When we truly surrender our concerns to Him, He not only carries them, but he gives us peace.  When we are weak, He is strong.

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