For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. Romans 1:17
What is faith? If someone made the comment to you, "I love you, but, I do not have one bit of faith in you." How hurtful would that comment be to you? Few people actually understand what faith is in this life. Faith is powerful. Faith gives you the courage to take a risk. Taking a risk is sometimes good, but it can also be bad. Without taking a risk, few businesses would be born, few dreams realized, few hearts challenged. There are millions of people that take bad risk, living in risky behaviour everyday, life is not without risk. Why is it that risky behavior is so easy for many people, but taking a risk to love someone is so hard? I have heard so many people say, "Let's go ahead and do it...we won't get caught." Now that is faith, risky behavior. Why is it easy for many people to have this kind of risky faith, but they can't risk giving, caring, loving, hoping.
It takes faith to move from one job to another, even if the second job is a better job or better pay. It takes faith to believe in a child enough to put into their lives, even if sometimes they seem unappreciative. It takes faith to accomplish most things in life. Show me a life without faith and I will show you someone that has lived a life of missed opportunities! God ask us to live a life of faith. It isn't by your good works that you will go to Heaven, but rather by your faith. The verse above says that righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith. Revelation comes through teaching. The teachers in school that impacted us the most were always the ones that took time for us, that relayed the message to us, 'I care for you, because I believe in you.' A teacher that does not believe in the student is just putting in time...The teachers that impacted us the most were to ones that took the time to care. If a teacher loses that attitude towards the students, it is just time to retire.
The things that we are doing in life, are we doing them by faith or are we just putting in time? God NEVER just puts in time when it comes to you. God would not ask you to believe in him, if he did not believe in you. By faith, Jesus carried his cross, walked up the hill of golgotha, and poured out his blood for you. He believed in you enough to lay down everything, even his life. God wouldn't ask you to be a person of faith, if he wasn't a God of faith. The just shall live by faith.
