However, is this faith
something we muster-up ourselves? Scripture tells us God gave each one a
measure of faith and set eternity in our hearts, because He loves us with an
everlasting love (Romans 12:3; Ecclesiastes 3:11; Jeremiah.
31:3). Since God's word is true, the question is, do we believe the clear
evidence for God’s presence?
Gaze into the vast and
glorious heavens, notice the delicate intricacies of a flower, and observe the
astounding way our human bodies work. Will you reject the obvious and chalk it
all up to science and evolution?
If we do the latter, we
squelch the faith God placed in our heart. Then, when trouble comes like fiery
darts and we hear the lies of the enemy and this degenerate world, we have no
shield and nothing to stop the bombardment. Pelted and weary, our measure of
faith ebbs from our soul. With the thought we’re ok, because we’re not as bad
as the next person, the enemy shoots his fatal dart and we succumb.
But, faith in the one true
and living God is like a shield. If we choose to believe, repent of our sin and
receive His free gift of eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord, Almighty God
becomes our Shield and our exceedingly great reward (Psalm 18:30; Genesis
15:1).
Ephesians 6:16 tells us,
“Above all take faith as your shield…” With it,
our God will help our unbelief and strengthen us to quench all the fiery darts
that come our way.
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