What Faith Is

Faith is the substance, the sustaining force that gives us the patience to wait to receive what we need or what we believe has been promised to us. Faith is not blind; it sees its way clear; even though, humanly, the end result or manifestation has not been seen by the naked, physical eye. Faith is the motivator, a cousin to Hope. Faith gives us the incentive to drive, to keep pressing forward, onward and upward; gives us the staying power to hold out and hold on; to never give up on life and the promises pertaining to life no matter what the present circumstances may be. Faith always helps us to be strong enough to wait to the appointed time when we can visualize, sight-wise what has been promised: a kind-of-waiting for the invisible to become visible where we can reach out and touch it; hold it; and feel it with our physical hand. Faith is jumping out of the boat with the life raft or jacket intact in hopes of reaching the shore even though you know you can not swim. Faith is knowing that you are on shore without actually, physically being there; Faith is believing that the power of perseverance will ultimately cause you to be lying on shore, safe and secure from the dangerous rifts of a watery tide. Faith is not seeing but knowing it shall come to pass and we shall receive every necessity of life in order to live the abundant life.