Defining Faith
Our world loves to talk about faith, and even sing about faith. As far as our culture is concerned, faith is a feeling—a positive outlook on life. Faith is great. But what is that rosy view of faith based on? Often it means having faith in yourself. It is about becoming who you’re really meant to be. That idea does not stand up to scrutiny. Faith becomes just something that you conjure up in yourself. It is something to add to the list of things that we need to do in order to be successful. And it doesn’t work with the reality of what people are like. After all, if true faith is all about looking inward and seeing how great I am, that is not such good news. I’m a mess!
Faith is not just a feeling. It is not just saying, “I hope it’s true.” It means being certain about something.Faith is rock-solid trust that when God makes a promise, it is true and right. It is absolute assurance and confidence that God’s word can be relied upon.