Ephesians 2:8-9 "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast."
Romans 5:1-2 "Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God."
Faith is believing in something we don't yet see.
Grace is having favor with someone even though we have done nothing to deserve it.
Faith is going for a morning run or walk and seeing the dark clouds all around - but believing that sooner or later the clouds will go away.
Grace is looking up and seeing a patch of blue sky and no matter where you run or walk, if you look up, you will another patch of blue sky - and maybe the sun starting to come up on the horizon with white clouds all around.
It's not that we never have to do anything and just 'have fun in the sun', but as the first set of verses say, "it is by GRACE we have been saved, through faith". Another way of saying it is, "even though we have done nothing to deserve it, God has saved us solely because we believe in Who He is and what He has done for us."
Father just wants us to 'be'. To know who we are and Who He Is and what He has done in us and for us. The next set of verses could read, "we have gained access to the grace of God through believing that we have been washed clean of our sins through Jesus Christ."
Faith is a choice. We ask Father for something or better yet, we declare one or more of His promises; we choose to believe; Father turns to Jesus and says, "Hey, did you hear what I heard? I think we should do it." Sometimes, He waits to do it and sometimes, for reasons beyond our understanding He doesn't do it - or at least we THINK He didn't do it. But faith is still a choice and it's by His grace that He does what He does.
I like it when He does come through on a visually level - because it builds our faith. We grow in faith. We grow in grace. We hope in the GLORY of God.
What Faith Can Do - Kutless
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