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07 October 2015
Living By Faith - Rev. Funke Ewuosho
Living by Faith by Rev. Funke Ewuosho
I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.” (Gal. 2:20) This verse tells me that God expects me to live my life on earth by faith in Christ. It is obvious that if we are going to make it as Christians in this world, we are going to have to live by faith (not in ourselves, not in the world’s system or in any other thing) in Christ Jesus! “For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world - our faith. Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?” (1 John 4:4-5). I believe it is time to revisit the subject of faith in spite of the abuse that has gone on. After all, we cannot throw away both the baby and the bath water. The Bible says that without faith it is impossible to please God (Heb. 11:6) and “by it the elders obtained a good testimony” (Heb. 11:2). I think the reason why good testimonies are getting harder to come by in these days is because a lot of Christians have lost touch with the genuine faith life! (1 Tim. 1:5, 19). We need to go back to the basics of living by faith in Jesus Christ.
The Bible says “the just shall live by faith” (Rom. 1:17, Heb. 10:38, Gal. 3:11) and in Habakkuk 2:4 “the just shall live by his faith.” This tells me first and foremost, that faith is meant to be the lifestyle of the believer, not what we do now and then or a panic button we press when we are in trouble. As a matter of fact, I suggest that if you haven’t been living by faith before trouble comes, don’t try to! If David had not killed the bear and the lion, it would have been presumptuous of him to try to take on Goliath. What you do at such a time is to ask around for prayers to get out of the trouble and then you can start building your faith. “He will not be afraid of evil tidings; his heart is steadfast (i.e. fixed), trusting in the LORD. His heart is established; he will not be afraid…” (Ps. 112:7-8). This implies your heart must be fixed before evil tidings come; that is the only guarantee that you won’t be afraid. “In righteousness you shall be established; you shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear; and from terror, for it shall not come near you” (Is. 54:14). All that stems from having been already established. I need to quickly say that one way to get your heart fixed or established is by studying and meditating in the Word of God. “But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and in His law he meditates day and night. He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper” (Ps. 1:2-3).
Now, what does living by faith mean in practical terms? I will try to explain this under five headings. Living by faith means:
1) Living by the Word of God
“Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.” (Matt. 4:4) Did you notice it says “every word”, not just a few words or favourite words; and “proceeds” not proceeded? We must live by every Word that proceeds from God’s mouth.
What does it mean to live by the Word of God? I suppose it means, among other things, having one’s life regulated, controlled and sustained by the Word of God. It means lining up your life with the Word of God. It has been said that faith isn’t faith until it affects your daily thinking, speaking and conduct. Living by every Word of God is acting on it in spite of contrary evidence or what others might be saying. For example, God told Noah to build an ark when it had never rained before and he did it (Gen. 6:14). Faith is having your life sustained by God’s Word. Peter walked on water because Jesus asked him to come. That word sustained Peter’s weight on water until he began to doubt and be afraid (Matt. 14:28-31). Abraham left his country, his family and his father’s house to go to an unknown land because God said so. And that Word sustained him all through! Elijah was told by God to go to the brook Cherith and then to the widow in Zarephath and he was sustained throughout the famine period (1 Kings 17:8-15). If you would live by every Word that proceeds out of God’s mouth, you will have food on your table, money in your pocket and your future will be guaranteed! You can literally live by the Word God speaks to you. Jesus demonstrated during the temptations that His life was regulated and controlled by God’s Word. He showed that the Word of God was the final authority in His life. He said repeatedly to the devil, “it is written” (Matt. 4:4,7,10). The Word of God created such a boundary around His life, which Jesus wasn’t going to cross even when He was hungry! The Bible says “where there is no vision the people perish” (Prov. 29:18 KJV) or “the people cast off restraint” (NKJV) or “they run wild” (NLT). The life of faith is a disciplined lifestyle.
2) Believing what God says to you
Ordinarily, to believe simply means “to accept as true or conveying truth”. God said to Abraham that his descendants shall be uncountable when as yet he had no child. The Bible says he believed God and God counted it to him for righteousness (Gen. 15:16). To believe God means to accept His Word as true –whatever He says to you or about you - and to be persuaded that God’s Word is true. It also means to agree with God and His Word. When Mary was told by angel Gabriel that she was going to be the mother of the Lord, she answered the angel, “Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word” (Luke 1:38). “Stop quarrelling with God! If you agree with Him, you will have peace at last and all will go well for you” (Job. 22:21 NLT). Jesus would ask someone in need of a miracle, “Do you believe I am able to do this?” (Matt. 9:28). He said to Jairus, “Don’t be afraid, only believe” when they told Jairus that his daughter was already dead (Mark 5:36). Elizabeth, filled with the Holy Spirit, said, “Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfilment of those things which were told her” (Luke 1:45). Jesus said, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes” (Mark 9:23). He also said certain signs will follow those who believe the Word of the Gospel (Mark 16:17-18).
3) Trusting God
Trust means a ‘firm belief in the reliability of truth, strength, etc. of a person or thing; also, the state of being relied on’. Trusting God therefore means relying on and depending on Him. It implies putting one’s entire weight on Him, abandoning oneself on Him completely and committing oneself totally to God. It is said that living by faith is like jumping from a high rise building believing that, before you land on the ground, there would be a swimming pool or something to cushion or catch your fall. It’s putting yourself in a place where if God didn’t catch you, you would fall; if He didn’t help you, you would fail. “Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved, for You are my praise” (Jer. 17:14). Believing God and His Word will lead you to trusting Him. You don’t rely on what someone if you didn’t believe in what they said in the first place! The Bible says, “It is impossible for God to lie” (Heb. 6:18) and Numbers 23:19 says, “God is not a man, that He should lie. He is not a human that He should change His mind. Has He ever spoken and failed to act? Has He ever promised and not carried it through?” (NLT). “Let God be true and every man a liar.” (Rom. 3:4). The Apostle Paul was one man who trusted absolutely in God. He said, “Yes, we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead, who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver us; in whom we trust that He will still deliver us” (2 Cor. 1:9-10). God not only has a desire to do what He says, but He has the ability to do so. Sometimes, friends want to help but might still fail – the Bible says that the arm of flesh shall fail. I tell people that, when dealing with God, it is okay to put all your eggs in one basket – in fact, that is the only way to deal with God acceptably. “For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him” (2 Chr. 16:9) or “whose hearts are fully committed to Him” (NLT). (See also Hebrews 11:6)
Do you know that Jesus went to the cross fully trusting God to raise Him up from the dead? “For You will not leave my soul in Sheol, nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption” (Ps. 16:10). Romans 8:11 also tells us that God was the one who raised Christ from the dead. The truth is, if you can’t trust God to keep His Word to you here on earth, I wonder how you could trust Him with your eternal destiny!
4) Not walking by sight
Faith is a supernatural force. It deals with the supernatural. When things don’t make sense, they can make “faith”. “For we walk by faith not by sight” (2 Cor. 5:7); “That is why we walk by believing and not by seeing” (NLT). Note here that ‘sight’ refers to physical sight. Jesus told Thomas “Because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed” (John 20:29). The Bible says, “faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen” (Heb. 11:1) or being “certain of what we do not see” (NIV). We don’t see them with our physical eyes because they exist in another realm – a realm that can’t be accessed by the natural or physical senses. The Bible talks about the mature, who have their senses trained to discern both good and evil (Heb. 5:14). It seems to me that every one of our five physical senses (i.e. sight, taste, touch, smell and sound) has its spiritual equivalent. The Bible says that Moses endured or persevered because he saw Him who is invisible (Heb. 11:27). You can’t see something which is invisible with your physical eyes, can you? Remember when Elisha asked God to open the ‘eyes’ of his servant to see that those who were with them were more than those who were against them? (2 Kings 6:17). The Syrian army had come to capture them but in the realm of the spirit they were surrounded by hosts of angels. The Bible says that God will give His angels charge over us to keep us in all our ways (Ps. 91:11). We might not see them but they are there, praise God!
Moses endured because he saw Him who is invisible. Jesus endured the cross, despising the shame, because He saw the joy set before Him (Heb. 12:2). Abraham didn’t waver at the promise of God through unbelief because he did not consider his dead body and the deadness of Sarah’s womb (Rom. 4:19-21). He kept his eyes on the promise and the One who had promised. Focus produces strength; what are you focused on? Elijah said to Ahab, “I hear the sound of the abundance of rain” (1 Kings 18:41). He wasn’t speaking from the natural stand point because, after saying that, he went to pray earnestly for the rains to fall. God said He had given to Abraham and his descendants all the land which he saw (Gen. 13:14-15). You cannot possess beyond what you can see or envision with your spiritual eyes. There is a limit to what you can see with your physical eyes and that can limit you in your walk with God.
Also, more often than not, what we see with our physical eyes can be so discouraging or daunting, that we would need to switch to the invisible realm. In the physical, Abraham could only see his dead body and Sarah’s dead womb; Elisha’s servant could only see the Syrian army and he knew that he and his master were no match for them. How much we need our spiritual glasses!
5) Be hopeful
“Faith is the substance of things hoped for” (Heb. 11:1). Hope means a favourable and confident expectation. It has to do with the unseen and the future -“But hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance” (Rom. 8:24-25). Hope describes the happy anticipation of God, the ground upon which hope is based (“Christ in you, the hope of glory” Col. 1:27) and the object upon which hope is fixed (i.e. the Lord Jesus Christ Himself, 1 Tim. 1:1). The Bible says Abraham hoped against hope, so he became the father of many nations (Rom. 4:18 KJV). That is, he hoped against natural hope. There is natural hope and there is supernatural hope! For example, when a man’s body is dead sexually and the woman’s womb is dead, there can be no hope in the natural that they can still have a baby. If they were to have any hope at all, it must be supernatural. That kind of hope can only be based on the Word of God, not on anything in the natural! “For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience (perseverance) and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope” (Rom. 15:4).
As you focus on God’s Word the Holy Spirit injects you with hope. “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit” (Rom. 15:13). That hope becomes an anchor for your soul (Heb. 6:19) in the storms of life and in the face of contradictory evidence. The Bible says that we should rejoice in hope of the glory of God and hope does not disappoint us because of the love of God (Rom. 5:2,5). God is truly a God of hope. Satan is the author of hopelessness. Even in the gloomiest and darkest hour, God’s Word still brings hope to us. Adam and Eve fell and right in the midst of the curse, God still brought a message of hope to them – the seed of the woman was going to come and bruise the head of satan (Gen. 3:15). The Bible says God subjected the whole creation to bondage in hope of deliverance and we were saved in this hope (Rom. 8:20-24). Paul prayed that the saints in Ephesus might know what is the hope of God’s calling (Eph. 1:18), that is, “the prospect before those who respond to His call in the Gospel.” Christ in you, the hope of glory. “Moreover whom He predestined (i.e. to be conformed to the image of Christ,) these He also called, these He also justified, these He also glorified” (Rom. 8:30). I don’t think this is about the sweet by and by; I think it is about now! Because Jesus, before He went away, said to the Father, “And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one” (John 17:22). The life of faith is a life of joyful expectation of good and not evil. God says His plans for us are not for evil but for good, to give us a future and an expected end! (Jer. 29:11).
In conclusion, living by faith is living a life of obedience to God which is made possible by; committing to His Word, believing His Word, trusting in Him, not walking by sight and expecting His Word to be fulfilled in our lives.
God bless you richly,
Rev. Funke Ewuosho
Living By Faith - Rev. Funke Ewuosho
Living by Faith by Rev. Funke Ewuosho
I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.” (Gal. 2:20) This verse tells me that God expects me to live my life on earth by faith in Christ. It is obvious that if we are going to make it as Christians in this world, we are going to have to live by faith (not in ourselves, not in the world’s system or in any other thing) in Christ Jesus! “For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world - our faith. Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?” (1 John 4:4-5). I believe it is time to revisit the subject of faith in spite of the abuse that has gone on. After all, we cannot throw away both the baby and the bath water. The Bible says that without faith it is impossible to please God (Heb. 11:6) and “by it the elders obtained a good testimony” (Heb. 11:2). I think the reason why good testimonies are getting harder to come by in these days is because a lot of Christians have lost touch with the genuine faith life! (1 Tim. 1:5, 19). We need to go back to the basics of living by faith in Jesus Christ.
The Bible says “the just shall live by faith” (Rom. 1:17, Heb. 10:38, Gal. 3:11) and in Habakkuk 2:4 “the just shall live by his faith.” This tells me first and foremost, that faith is meant to be the lifestyle of the believer, not what we do now and then or a panic button we press when we are in trouble. As a matter of fact, I suggest that if you haven’t been living by faith before trouble comes, don’t try to! If David had not killed the bear and the lion, it would have been presumptuous of him to try to take on Goliath. What you do at such a time is to ask around for prayers to get out of the trouble and then you can start building your faith. “He will not be afraid of evil tidings; his heart is steadfast (i.e. fixed), trusting in the LORD. His heart is established; he will not be afraid…” (Ps. 112:7-8). This implies your heart must be fixed before evil tidings come; that is the only guarantee that you won’t be afraid. “In righteousness you shall be established; you shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear; and from terror, for it shall not come near you” (Is. 54:14). All that stems from having been already established. I need to quickly say that one way to get your heart fixed or established is by studying and meditating in the Word of God. “But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and in His law he meditates day and night. He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper” (Ps. 1:2-3).
Now, what does living by faith mean in practical terms? I will try to explain this under five headings. Living by faith means:
1) Living by the Word of God
“Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.” (Matt. 4:4) Did you notice it says “every word”, not just a few words or favourite words; and “proceeds” not proceeded? We must live by every Word that proceeds from God’s mouth.
What does it mean to live by the Word of God? I suppose it means, among other things, having one’s life regulated, controlled and sustained by the Word of God. It means lining up your life with the Word of God. It has been said that faith isn’t faith until it affects your daily thinking, speaking and conduct. Living by every Word of God is acting on it in spite of contrary evidence or what others might be saying. For example, God told Noah to build an ark when it had never rained before and he did it (Gen. 6:14). Faith is having your life sustained by God’s Word. Peter walked on water because Jesus asked him to come. That word sustained Peter’s weight on water until he began to doubt and be afraid (Matt. 14:28-31). Abraham left his country, his family and his father’s house to go to an unknown land because God said so. And that Word sustained him all through! Elijah was told by God to go to the brook Cherith and then to the widow in Zarephath and he was sustained throughout the famine period (1 Kings 17:8-15). If you would live by every Word that proceeds out of God’s mouth, you will have food on your table, money in your pocket and your future will be guaranteed! You can literally live by the Word God speaks to you. Jesus demonstrated during the temptations that His life was regulated and controlled by God’s Word. He showed that the Word of God was the final authority in His life. He said repeatedly to the devil, “it is written” (Matt. 4:4,7,10). The Word of God created such a boundary around His life, which Jesus wasn’t going to cross even when He was hungry! The Bible says “where there is no vision the people perish” (Prov. 29:18 KJV) or “the people cast off restraint” (NKJV) or “they run wild” (NLT). The life of faith is a disciplined lifestyle.
2) Believing what God says to you
Ordinarily, to believe simply means “to accept as true or conveying truth”. God said to Abraham that his descendants shall be uncountable when as yet he had no child. The Bible says he believed God and God counted it to him for righteousness (Gen. 15:16). To believe God means to accept His Word as true –whatever He says to you or about you - and to be persuaded that God’s Word is true. It also means to agree with God and His Word. When Mary was told by angel Gabriel that she was going to be the mother of the Lord, she answered the angel, “Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word” (Luke 1:38). “Stop quarrelling with God! If you agree with Him, you will have peace at last and all will go well for you” (Job. 22:21 NLT). Jesus would ask someone in need of a miracle, “Do you believe I am able to do this?” (Matt. 9:28). He said to Jairus, “Don’t be afraid, only believe” when they told Jairus that his daughter was already dead (Mark 5:36). Elizabeth, filled with the Holy Spirit, said, “Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfilment of those things which were told her” (Luke 1:45). Jesus said, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes” (Mark 9:23). He also said certain signs will follow those who believe the Word of the Gospel (Mark 16:17-18).
3) Trusting God
Trust means a ‘firm belief in the reliability of truth, strength, etc. of a person or thing; also, the state of being relied on’. Trusting God therefore means relying on and depending on Him. It implies putting one’s entire weight on Him, abandoning oneself on Him completely and committing oneself totally to God. It is said that living by faith is like jumping from a high rise building believing that, before you land on the ground, there would be a swimming pool or something to cushion or catch your fall. It’s putting yourself in a place where if God didn’t catch you, you would fall; if He didn’t help you, you would fail. “Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved, for You are my praise” (Jer. 17:14). Believing God and His Word will lead you to trusting Him. You don’t rely on what someone if you didn’t believe in what they said in the first place! The Bible says, “It is impossible for God to lie” (Heb. 6:18) and Numbers 23:19 says, “God is not a man, that He should lie. He is not a human that He should change His mind. Has He ever spoken and failed to act? Has He ever promised and not carried it through?” (NLT). “Let God be true and every man a liar.” (Rom. 3:4). The Apostle Paul was one man who trusted absolutely in God. He said, “Yes, we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead, who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver us; in whom we trust that He will still deliver us” (2 Cor. 1:9-10). God not only has a desire to do what He says, but He has the ability to do so. Sometimes, friends want to help but might still fail – the Bible says that the arm of flesh shall fail. I tell people that, when dealing with God, it is okay to put all your eggs in one basket – in fact, that is the only way to deal with God acceptably. “For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him” (2 Chr. 16:9) or “whose hearts are fully committed to Him” (NLT). (See also Hebrews 11:6)
Do you know that Jesus went to the cross fully trusting God to raise Him up from the dead? “For You will not leave my soul in Sheol, nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption” (Ps. 16:10). Romans 8:11 also tells us that God was the one who raised Christ from the dead. The truth is, if you can’t trust God to keep His Word to you here on earth, I wonder how you could trust Him with your eternal destiny!
4) Not walking by sight
Faith is a supernatural force. It deals with the supernatural. When things don’t make sense, they can make “faith”. “For we walk by faith not by sight” (2 Cor. 5:7); “That is why we walk by believing and not by seeing” (NLT). Note here that ‘sight’ refers to physical sight. Jesus told Thomas “Because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed” (John 20:29). The Bible says, “faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen” (Heb. 11:1) or being “certain of what we do not see” (NIV). We don’t see them with our physical eyes because they exist in another realm – a realm that can’t be accessed by the natural or physical senses. The Bible talks about the mature, who have their senses trained to discern both good and evil (Heb. 5:14). It seems to me that every one of our five physical senses (i.e. sight, taste, touch, smell and sound) has its spiritual equivalent. The Bible says that Moses endured or persevered because he saw Him who is invisible (Heb. 11:27). You can’t see something which is invisible with your physical eyes, can you? Remember when Elisha asked God to open the ‘eyes’ of his servant to see that those who were with them were more than those who were against them? (2 Kings 6:17). The Syrian army had come to capture them but in the realm of the spirit they were surrounded by hosts of angels. The Bible says that God will give His angels charge over us to keep us in all our ways (Ps. 91:11). We might not see them but they are there, praise God!
Moses endured because he saw Him who is invisible. Jesus endured the cross, despising the shame, because He saw the joy set before Him (Heb. 12:2). Abraham didn’t waver at the promise of God through unbelief because he did not consider his dead body and the deadness of Sarah’s womb (Rom. 4:19-21). He kept his eyes on the promise and the One who had promised. Focus produces strength; what are you focused on? Elijah said to Ahab, “I hear the sound of the abundance of rain” (1 Kings 18:41). He wasn’t speaking from the natural stand point because, after saying that, he went to pray earnestly for the rains to fall. God said He had given to Abraham and his descendants all the land which he saw (Gen. 13:14-15). You cannot possess beyond what you can see or envision with your spiritual eyes. There is a limit to what you can see with your physical eyes and that can limit you in your walk with God.
Also, more often than not, what we see with our physical eyes can be so discouraging or daunting, that we would need to switch to the invisible realm. In the physical, Abraham could only see his dead body and Sarah’s dead womb; Elisha’s servant could only see the Syrian army and he knew that he and his master were no match for them. How much we need our spiritual glasses!
5) Be hopeful
“Faith is the substance of things hoped for” (Heb. 11:1). Hope means a favourable and confident expectation. It has to do with the unseen and the future -“But hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance” (Rom. 8:24-25). Hope describes the happy anticipation of God, the ground upon which hope is based (“Christ in you, the hope of glory” Col. 1:27) and the object upon which hope is fixed (i.e. the Lord Jesus Christ Himself, 1 Tim. 1:1). The Bible says Abraham hoped against hope, so he became the father of many nations (Rom. 4:18 KJV). That is, he hoped against natural hope. There is natural hope and there is supernatural hope! For example, when a man’s body is dead sexually and the woman’s womb is dead, there can be no hope in the natural that they can still have a baby. If they were to have any hope at all, it must be supernatural. That kind of hope can only be based on the Word of God, not on anything in the natural! “For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience (perseverance) and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope” (Rom. 15:4).
As you focus on God’s Word the Holy Spirit injects you with hope. “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit” (Rom. 15:13). That hope becomes an anchor for your soul (Heb. 6:19) in the storms of life and in the face of contradictory evidence. The Bible says that we should rejoice in hope of the glory of God and hope does not disappoint us because of the love of God (Rom. 5:2,5). God is truly a God of hope. Satan is the author of hopelessness. Even in the gloomiest and darkest hour, God’s Word still brings hope to us. Adam and Eve fell and right in the midst of the curse, God still brought a message of hope to them – the seed of the woman was going to come and bruise the head of satan (Gen. 3:15). The Bible says God subjected the whole creation to bondage in hope of deliverance and we were saved in this hope (Rom. 8:20-24). Paul prayed that the saints in Ephesus might know what is the hope of God’s calling (Eph. 1:18), that is, “the prospect before those who respond to His call in the Gospel.” Christ in you, the hope of glory. “Moreover whom He predestined (i.e. to be conformed to the image of Christ,) these He also called, these He also justified, these He also glorified” (Rom. 8:30). I don’t think this is about the sweet by and by; I think it is about now! Because Jesus, before He went away, said to the Father, “And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one” (John 17:22). The life of faith is a life of joyful expectation of good and not evil. God says His plans for us are not for evil but for good, to give us a future and an expected end! (Jer. 29:11).
In conclusion, living by faith is living a life of obedience to God which is made possible by; committing to His Word, believing His Word, trusting in Him, not walking by sight and expecting His Word to be fulfilled in our lives.
God bless you richly,
Rev. Funke Ewuosho
