HH, Sir Godfrey Gregg D.Div
“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Hebrews 11:1
Faith beholds invisible realities! It is the conviction of things not seen. It brings the great realities of the spiritual world within my reach:
God, in His glory; Christ, in His beauty and love; sin, in its deformity; holiness, in its excellence; the solemn judgment to come; eternity, so blessed — or so sad.
- Faith gives me a firm persuasion of these unseen realities.
- It invests them with a transforming influence over my heart.
- I look out, with the eye of faith, and I find myself in their midst.
And faith grasps the unattained! It is the assurance of things hoped for. It changes the blessings I desire, from shadows into realities. It sets them before me so clearly that, though they are still in the future, they seem to be present to me. Increase of grace, perseverance to the end, a unstinged death, a glorious resurrection — there is the inheritance which faith makes mine. I am as certain that I shall be dowered with it, in its breadth and length and depth and height, as though already I had taken possession of it!
And faith confers an honourable degree! Therein the men of old gained approval. It enabled them to adventure and endure. It was the shield with which they conquered. It is the diadem which sparkles on their brows. From Abel to Samuel and David and the Prophets — it was faith which established and strengthened and perfected them. Without it — they would have been as weak as other men; with it, they “conquered kingdoms, gained what was promised; shut the mouths of lions, quenched the fury of the flames, and escaped the edge of the sword!” Let me covet like precious faith.
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