GOOD REPORT

For by it the elders obtained a good report. – Heb 11:2

The paradox of faith is that it is judged strongest when nothing is happening. Faith is stronger with the poor than with the rich, with the sick than with the healthy. We can’t claim to be “Living by faith” when all our desires are granted and all our needs are met. Our Faith is evidenced by our behaviour when the situations are contrary, not when they are conformable. As the Apostle says, “hope that is seen is not really hope,” (Rom 8:24 ISV).

This is what distinguished the “Elders” of faith listed in Hebrews 11. They lived their lives of faith without any needed evidence – their faith was their evidence. We may read their history with the perspective of hindsight and ‘see’ things working out for them, but they themselves had nothing to hold on to. This is why God was pleased with them.

Heb 11:2 (GNB) says “It was by their faith that people of ancient times won God’s approval.”

Beloved, there’s more going on than you just ‘trusting’ God. For each day you stay in faith without any external evidence, you’re giving glory to God and winning His approval, (Rom 4:20).

A life of faith that holds on to God’s Word in spite of lack of evidence is the one that pleases Him, not the one that believes only because it can see what is happening behind the scenes.

AMEN.

More Blessings await you today; you’ll not miss them in Jesus’ Name.

GREG ELKAN