Our Foundation
The short excerpt is by Andy Stanley, and the Scripture is 1 Corinthians 3:11 For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.
The foundation of our faith as Christians is not and answer in our circumstances, but it is a person, Jesus Christ. All of us try to figure out what God is like based on the way circumstances work out. We are trying to figure out how to try to get God to work in our favor. The reason we believe is not because things work out and God answers our prayers. We believe because God sent His Son into the world to be our Savior. He lived a life, died on the cross for our sins, and rose from the dead. He was seen by hundreds of people who spent their lives telling people not simply what they believed, but what they were convinced they saw with their own two eyes.
Every once in a while you meet somebody that has an extraordinary belief in Christ. You look at their life and say, How could you continue to believe when God lets terrible things happen to you in your life, and God has not answered any of your prayers? This is a person who understands the foundation of faith is not an experience, but a relationship with Jesus. An experience sometimes jump starts your faith, but it is a person who did something in history that we lean our faith on. That is what it means as a Christian to have faith.
Faith is simply confidence that God is who He says that He is, and He will do everything that He has promised to do. Hope is, God, here is what I want, and I hope that you will do it. Faith is, Here is what I want, and you promised to do it.
Champions, have a great week!-David Vining
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