To Live By Faith

From This Day We Fight by Francis Frangipane:


For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay.
See, he is puffed up; his desires are not upright— but the righteous will live by his faith. (Hab 2:3-4)


To "live by faith" is to believe God until the vision He gave comes to pass.

You see, this is not about the fulfillment of our lives but the fulfillment of God's Word. God's Word cannot return to Him void without fulfilling the purpose for which He spoke it.

Whom shall we believe? The report of the Lord or the words of those who refuse to see the light? Shall we take the counsel from the blind if they cannot see the potential we see? Let us take God at his word. Let me state this again: Jesus Himself assures us that "All things are possible to him who believes." Do you believe? Or are you just a nice believer who goes to church?

Beloved, if we fail, it is no great shame. We simply join the ranks of the spiritual heroes who went before us and "died in faith, without receiving the promises." In truth, it is better to die in faith than to live in doubt.

But consider: What if we succeed?