another daily devotional

Faith Versus Reason




Hebrews 10:38 – Now the just shall live by faith; but if anyone draws back, my soul has no pleasure in him.


From man’s point of view, not everything God does seems logical. There are times when we know what God is doing. Other times, all we can do is scratch our heads and think, Lord, I don’t understand, but I trust You because You know what is best.

The basis of faith is not in knowing, but in trusting. Many people are tripped up in their faith at this point. When we insist on seeing and understanding where God is leading before making a commitment to trust Him, we are living by human reasoning and not by faith.

Yet God calls each of us to live a life of faith. He says, “My righteous one shall live by faith” (Hebrews 10:38 NASB). The author of Hebrews continued by writing: “Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen” (Hebrews 11:1 NASB).

Abraham lived by faith. He trusted God for a son, and God was faithful. But it wasn’t until he was quite old that he held God’s promise in his arms.

Are you trusting God, or reasoning your way through life? When you live by faith, things may not always turn out the way you think they will. God answers our prayers according to His will and timing. He knows some of what we ask for would lead only to heartache and grief. Therefore, He protects us by giving us the things He knows will bring blessing to us and honour to Himself.

O God, there are times when I do not understand what You are doing. Let me learn to trust that You know what is best. Thank You for protecting me by answering my prayers according to Your will and prefect timing.



Here is a thought I had after reading this devotional…
…WHY did God wait until Abraham was old, before fulfilling His promise to give him a son?

I believe that the answer, or at least part of the answer, is this; God waited until the natural likelihood of Abraham being able to have a son, on his own and without God’s divine intervention, was long past dead. To put it another way, God did not want Abraham or anybody else to doubt that the son God had promised to give him, was indeed the promised son. God did not want anybody to think that it was just a fluke that Abraham and his wife had a son, and had nothing to do with God. God wants to get the glory for the things that He does in our lives!

Time is tough. Waiting for God's timing, seems hard. As do the daily doubts that assault me, the fiery darts of the evil one that I raise the shield of faith against.