1 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:13,240 Speaker 1: Life Audio. Hello, and thank you for listening to your 2 00:00:13,320 --> 00:00:16,760 Speaker 1: Daily Bible Verse, the podcast that examines one verse each 3 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:19,119 Speaker 1: day to learn more about God and his will for us. 4 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:23,000 Speaker 1: Have you ever felt your confidence is impacted because of 5 00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:27,880 Speaker 1: past rejections. I'm your host, Jessicavinrokel, and I help readers 6 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:32,040 Speaker 1: heal from rejection in my book Reframing Rejection How looking 7 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:35,760 Speaker 1: through a different lens changes everything. It could be found 8 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 1: on Amazon and christianbook dot Com. In today's episode, we 9 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:45,360 Speaker 1: address confidence and faith, and after the short word from 10 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:49,519 Speaker 1: our sponsor, we'll dive into today's Bible verse Hebrews eleven 11 00:00:49,520 --> 00:01:03,760 Speaker 1: to one. If you want to know how to cultivate 12 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:08,320 Speaker 1: true confidence, then today is for you Today's Bible versus 13 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:12,399 Speaker 1: Hebrews eleven, verse one. Now, faith is confidence and what 14 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:16,920 Speaker 1: we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. 15 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:21,120 Speaker 1: From my second story window office, I see rolling fields 16 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:24,520 Speaker 1: of soybeans or corn, depending on the year, a blue 17 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:27,880 Speaker 1: sky stretched out, and a small town about a mile away. 18 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:32,400 Speaker 1: The Grain Elevator is the tallest structure, and it stands 19 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:36,400 Speaker 1: guard like a quiet guardian over the sleepy homes below. 20 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:40,400 Speaker 1: But on foggy mornings, when you can only see about 21 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 1: fifty feet in front of you instead of miles. It 22 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:48,680 Speaker 1: seems like the town is vanished. People still drive there, though, 23 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:51,920 Speaker 1: to reach the grain elevator, the gym, or the post office. 24 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:59,360 Speaker 1: The destination hasn't changed, our visibility has. That contrast helps 25 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:03,240 Speaker 1: us understand and Hebrews Chapter eleven, Verse one, which reminds 26 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:07,480 Speaker 1: us faith isn't seeing the full picture. Faith is knowing 27 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:10,640 Speaker 1: God is who he says he is, even when we 28 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:14,680 Speaker 1: can't see how he's making a way. It's trusting the foundation. 29 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:18,799 Speaker 1: God doesn't always clear the fog for us, but He 30 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:24,120 Speaker 1: is always present. In many ways. Faith functions like a 31 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:28,280 Speaker 1: spiritual sense. Our physical eyesight is the sense that gives 32 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:32,440 Speaker 1: us evidence to the natural world, while faith gives us 33 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:36,600 Speaker 1: evidence of the invisible spiritual world. It is the willingness 34 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:39,440 Speaker 1: to trust in, to rely on, and to cling to 35 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:44,800 Speaker 1: God no matter our visible circumstances. This is why Hebrew's 36 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:48,560 Speaker 1: eleven is often called the Hall of Faith. This chapter 37 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:51,320 Speaker 1: points us to men and women who chose to live 38 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:56,240 Speaker 1: and walk by faith despite real struggles and deep disappointments. 39 00:02:57,120 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 1: This matters because life has troubles. We will grow discouraged 40 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:04,240 Speaker 1: and want to give up. There is a cost to 41 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:08,760 Speaker 1: knowing Jesus as Savior and following him as Lord. Choosing 42 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:11,480 Speaker 1: to live for him means we follow the ways of 43 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:15,160 Speaker 1: God's kingdom, which can be upside down when compared with 44 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:19,320 Speaker 1: the world. The world may say forgive, but never forget. 45 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:23,120 Speaker 1: God shows us how to forgive and let go of bitterness. 46 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:28,200 Speaker 1: The world says, defend yourself at all costs, but God says, 47 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:34,680 Speaker 1: let me defend you. Faith bases its help on spiritual realities. 48 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:37,440 Speaker 1: Not only does it enable us to have a right 49 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:41,240 Speaker 1: relationship with God, but it causes us to pursue a 50 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:44,840 Speaker 1: deeper relationship with Him. The more we know him, the 51 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 1: more we trust Him to keep his promises and goodness. 52 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:53,080 Speaker 1: Faith causes us to have full confidence in His word. 53 00:03:53,840 --> 00:03:56,760 Speaker 1: Faith says we will not return to the empty and 54 00:03:56,960 --> 00:04:02,320 Speaker 1: ungodly ways of the world. Teaches that faith comes before 55 00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:07,840 Speaker 1: full understanding. The Greek word used for faith, who Bastasis, 56 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:12,040 Speaker 1: defines it as trust born of faith and joined with it. 57 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:17,040 Speaker 1: We often want to understand God intellectually before we put 58 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:20,800 Speaker 1: our faith in him, but only faith can prove the 59 00:04:20,839 --> 00:04:24,720 Speaker 1: Bible is the Word of God. Within the physical world, 60 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:28,640 Speaker 1: we have faith in gravity we cannot see gravity, but 61 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:31,359 Speaker 1: we have faith in it that we will remain rooted 62 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:37,040 Speaker 1: on earth. Faith comes first and then understanding, because faith 63 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:40,359 Speaker 1: is needed for what we cannot see or touch. The 64 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:44,920 Speaker 1: apostle Paul echoes this truth in Second Corinthians four eighteen, 65 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 1: and it says, so we fix our eyes not on 66 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:51,599 Speaker 1: what is seen, but what is unseen, since what is 67 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:56,120 Speaker 1: seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. Faith 68 00:04:56,360 --> 00:05:01,440 Speaker 1: trains our eyes to see what lasts. Because of this, 69 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:06,160 Speaker 1: faith takes God at his word. Faith enables the follower 70 00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:09,039 Speaker 1: of Jesus to remain loyal to God and his word 71 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:13,400 Speaker 1: through all circumstances. It believes God is making a way 72 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:16,760 Speaker 1: when there seems to be no way. It teaches us 73 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:21,960 Speaker 1: to endure great challenges, and it inspires faith in future generations. 74 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:26,760 Speaker 1: Faith guides us to base our lives on God's promises, 75 00:05:27,279 --> 00:05:29,800 Speaker 1: to reject the evil ways of the world, and to 76 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:36,480 Speaker 1: remember our eternal home. It's easy to look for confidence elsewhere. 77 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:43,839 Speaker 1: We may search for it in knowledge, achievement, security, or recognition, 78 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:50,880 Speaker 1: and we still lack it. This is shaky confidence, which 79 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:56,440 Speaker 1: feels fleeting and fragile. True confidence comes when we remember 80 00:05:56,480 --> 00:06:00,960 Speaker 1: that faith trusts God in all circumstances. Even when we 81 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:05,559 Speaker 1: can't visibly see him, he is working in you and 82 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:10,120 Speaker 1: in your life. Trust God with one unseen thing this 83 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:17,000 Speaker 1: week and watch true confidence grow. Let's pray, Heavenly Father, 84 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:20,040 Speaker 1: thank you, Thank you that you call us to live 85 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:23,440 Speaker 1: a life of faith. That you've set us on this path, 86 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:28,360 Speaker 1: this journey of trusting you, of believing that you are 87 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:31,640 Speaker 1: working even when we cannot see you, that even when 88 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:37,120 Speaker 1: life is foggy, that you are still there. Lord, grow 89 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:41,280 Speaker 1: our faith in you. Help us to know that this 90 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:45,040 Speaker 1: faith that you've planted within us is a sure foundation 91 00:06:45,279 --> 00:06:48,839 Speaker 1: for us to build our lives on. God. We love you, 92 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:50,920 Speaker 1: and we praise you for what you're doing in our 93 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:54,160 Speaker 1: lives today. In Jesus' name. Amen.