In a book I just started reading, "The Circle Maker" by Mark Batterson and in it there is a quote, well there are LOTS of quotes, but this one stands out at the moment. "Faith is the willingness to look foolish."
Do we have that kind of faith? Are we willing to look foolish because we have faith in God? Are we willing to pray and then praise as if the answer is right before us? Are we willing to go out of our way to make a stand that appears to the world to be fool-hardy and even stupid?
Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. That means when we pray in faith we are praying for things that are hoped for and thanking God for things that we can't see but that He has already accomplished in the Kingdom of Heaven.
Be willing to look foolish. Be willing to stretch in prayer and reach out to the hope that is the fruit of the Spirit. Faith is the substance of that Hope. I would rather be a fool with faith than a wise man with only facts. Facts are depressing, and facts can change depending on who is using them. Hope, on the other hand is always above and beyond Hope takes imagination, Hope takes Faith.
My time is up,
My peace I give to you,
Jonathan
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