25 Sep October 29th Daily Devotional

A SERIES OF DEVOTIONS BASED ON PAUL’S SECOND LETTER TO THE CORINTHIANS

LIVE BY FAITH

2 Corinthians 5:7 “For we live by faith, not by sight.”

You live by faith every day of your life.  When you drive your car, without giving it a thought you have faith as you move down the street or highway when you press your foot on the brake the car will stop.  Without giving it a thought you even have faith that if the brake fails you still have an emergency brake to use.  You live your daily life placing your faith in things and people and the like.

The difficulty for your faith is that it is often misplaced.  Due to your failure to diligently have your brakes checked, they fail.  Because you failed to keep track of your food supply in your refrigerator, your faith was disappointed that there was not enough milk for your bowl of cereal.  Your dependable and reliable best friend just this one time forgot the appointment they had with you to go shopping.

While you live here on earth you are away from your home with the Lord. (Yesterday’s devotion) You have Jesus’ promise He will be with you always but knowing and realizing He is right here with you at this very moment requires faith because you cannot see Him with your physical eyes.  When you are facing a difficult challenge, you pray to Jesus because He has invited you to “cast all of your burdens upon Him” and promises “He will take care of you.”  This prayer requires faith.

Hebrews 11:1 “Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.” If you have saved the devotions from the letter to the Hebrews, you recognize this verse.  You remember that in this chapter the holy writer wrote about many of the Old Testament patriarchs who “were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth.” (Hebrews 11:13)

Solomon says to you under inspiration of the Holy Spirit, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and He will make your paths straight.’ (Proverbs 3:5-6)

Prayer:  Holy Spirit, grant me the eyes of faith, a heart to believes, a soul that trust in You, Jesus my Savior and Yahweh, my heavenly Father every day while here on earth and for the not yet of heaven.  In Jesus’ name.  Amen.

1. We walk by faith, and, oh, how sweet
   The flow’rs that grow beneath our feet,
   And fragrance breathe along the way
   That leads the soul to endless day.
   • Refrain:
     We walk by faith, but not alone,
     Our Shepherd’s tender voice we hear,
     And feel His hand within our own,
     And know that He is always near.
2. We walk by faith; He wills it so,
   And marks the path that we should go;
   And when at times our sky is dim,
   He gently draws us close to Him.
3. We walk by faith, divinely blest;
   On Him we lean, in Him we rest;
   The more we trust our Shepherd’s care,
   The more His love is ours to share.
4. And thus by faith till life shall end
   We’ll walk with Him, our dearest Friend,
   Till safe we tread the fields of light,
   Where faith is lost in perfect sight.

(Frances Crosby, 1885,  Public Domain)