Prepared By God

Today I have chosen to focus on a verse out of the "faith" chapter (Hebrews 11). The verse is Hebrews 11:3 and it says "By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things which are visible."

I realize that none of the people who read this devotion have "seen" God so it is obviously by "faith" that we believe He walks among us. However, there is plenty of evidence right here within God's Word to verify His existence.

Faith is paradoxical:

• It exults in tribulations (Ro. 5:3).


• It accepts all things as a part of God's will (Phil. 1:12).


• It chooses to endure ill-treatment (Heb. 11:25).


• It sings in prison (Acts 16:25).

"So faith comes from hearing and hearing by the word of Christ" (Ro. 10:17). It goes beyond reason. It believes without understanding "why".

How about some more proof. Psalm 33: 6 says "By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, And by the breath of His mouth all their host." And down in verse 9 "For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast."

There's more. "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. And the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep; and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters. Then God said, 'Let there be light'; and there was light" (Genesis 1:1-3).

A guy named Darwin tried to downplay this "faith" by his postulated theory which states that creation was "happenings by chance" and his scientific definition was "Fortuitous concurrences of accidental circumstances" Whoa! Back up a minute! What the heck is that. If I believed in this theory, it would be interesting each time we opened a can of peaches (or anything else for that matter) to see what we would find. You know, speaking of Darwin, I read somewhere that someone said "I would rather believe in God and when I die, find out that I was wrong, than believe in Evolution and die and then find out I WAS WRONG! It's still all about faith.

I saw a bumper sticker once that said "God said it, I believe it, and that settles it!" What does it take to "settle it" in your life? The references above are just a few of the proof texts in God's Word that prove His existence. Get RIGHT or get LEFT behind! Need some guidance? Click on 4 Spiritual Laws and get some answers.

Dave