Faith is probably one of the more difficult aspects of Christianity to explain to people. In reality, the principle of faith is neither that difficult nor unusual to the common circumstances of life. Our text from Hebrews 11:1 simply states, “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.”
It was not that many years ago when Sally and I felt our world falling apart. All our plans for the future, including growing old together, seemed to fade as liver failure struck. Our foundations shook, violently quaked and almost broke to bits in 1991. The Lord by His mercy brought us through the liver transplant but at the end of the day we had learned many lessons. Our text in Psalm 11:3 asks us the question: “If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?”
Having been in the ministry as a pastor since 1966, I have seen and heard much regarding ministry and how to conduct it successfully. Sally and I have always realized that if anything is done, it is the Lord who does it. Something my father once said regarding my brother Richard is burned deeply in my mind. My dad said in response to a statement regarding how wonderful his son was that “if there is something wonderful about my son it is the Lord who is in him.”
