There is no other way to follow Christ, but to walk by faith. We can't see Him, we can't touch Him, but when we have committed our lives to Jesus, His spirit living within us testifies to our spirit that we know Him, and that we are known by Him.
And so we walk.
Walking implies movement, advancement.
"We are always to be making advances. We are to be going from faith in its beginnings to faith in its perfections— from faith to assurance—from assurance to full assurance. And from there we are to go to the full assurance of hope to the full assurance of understanding—always forward, waxing stronger and stronger. There is a progress to be made in every Christian Grace and he who carefully marks the terms used about Christian Graces will discover that there are degrees in all of them, while each of them are degrees one above the other. Walking implies progress and the genuine Christian, when he is in a healthy state, may truthfully say—“We walk.” (Charles Spurgeon)
Today's music video Stand in Faith by Danny Gokey reminds us to stand in faith, walk by faith, and live by faith. Faith is a beautiful word. Let's ask God to increase our faith. It all comes from Him!
I love you, I'm thinking of you, and I'm praying for you.
If you have Faith you are happier and healthier. They actually have done studies on people that are faithful live much better lives. Thank you for the music always to accompany your message. Hope your weekend was good. Have a great start to the new week. xoxo Kris
ReplyDeleteThank you, Kris. I did have a good weekend. I have heard about those studies. In fact, I just read about one last week about how people of faith are happier than unbelievers. I don't doubt that. xo
DeleteIn these days we definitely need to keep on walking by faith and in faith. What gets me through these days is knowing who I belong to.
ReplyDeleteBlessings and love,
Betsy
Amen, Betsy! xo
DeleteA beautiful post to start the week, Nancy, thank you!
ReplyDeleteMy pleasure, Kim. So happy you enjoyed the post. Hugs
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