Full trust in God is achieved through faith
Deacon Nelsinho Correa, in the program “Sorrindo pra Vida”[Smiling at Life] invites us to cry unto the Lord increase our faith, because it leads us to leave our life in the hands of the Father with confidence.
The meditated Word is in Hebrews 11:1-12 NABRE:
“Faith is the realization of what is hoped for and evidence of things not seen.Because of it the ancients were well attested. By faith we understand that the universe was ordered by the word of God, so that what is visible came into being through the invisible. By faith Abel offered to God a sacrifice greater than Cain’s. Through this he was attested to be righteous, God bearing witness to his gifts, and through this, though dead, he still speaks. By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and “he was found no more because God had taken him.” Before he was taken up, he was attested to have pleased God. But without faith it is impossible to please him,e for anyone who approaches God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
By faith Noah, warned about what was not yet seen, with reverence built an ark for the salvation of his household. Through this he condemned the world and inherited the righteousness that comes through faith. By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance; he went out, not knowing where he was to go.
By faith he sojourned in the promised land as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs of the same promise;
for he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and maker is God.
By faith he received power to generate, even though he was past the normal age—and Sarah herself was sterile—for he thought that the one who had made the promise was trustworthy.
So it was that there came forth from one man, himself as good as dead, descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sands on the seashore“
The faith, that illuminates our lives and in our hearts, is a certainty of what we don’t see. The fact of believing in God teaches us to have meaning in our journey.
Many want an explanation for everything that they live, but faith does not explain it, just calls us to believe. Temptation strikes our confidence in the Lord, because, if you don’t trust in him,we will murmur and blaspheme against the Father.
By faith, many men gave their life to Jesus Christ, and this is a gift we received from God on the day of our baptism. On the test, it will sustain us. And God uses such trials to strengthen us. In the painful moments, believing in the Lord enlightens us and shows us the way forward.
Faith motivates us to seek answers in God. Reading the Holy Scriptures is asking Christ for advice. The Word gives us the answers we are seeking.
To have faith is to find a meaning for the suffering, discovering that it is not in vain. Trust in the Lord.
Deacon Nelsinho Correa
Canção Nova Community mission