Faith in the Spoken Word

My little grandson will never let my husband or me get away with not keeping our word. When my husband mentioned a few years ago he would make a swing in the backyard for them, he came in weeks later and said, “Papa, when are you going to make that swing? You said you were going to build us one.” My husband got busy and kept his word. Or to me he’ll say, “Nana, you told me I could have a Popsicle after you taught your piano lessons.” As grandparents, we want to keep our word and show our little guys that we can be trusted.

Three of our grandsons.

In Luke 7 we find the story of the centurion whose servant was near death. Being of great value to his master, he sent others to find Jesus and ask that he come to heal him. As Jesus was on the way to his house, the man sent more friends to say, “...But say the word and my servant will be healed.” The centurion had faith that God’s spoken word was all that was needed to heal his servant.

As we look at Scripture we see great men and women of faith. Noah built the ark because God spoke. Even though he had never seen rain or a flood, he obeyed. The Israelites marched around Jericho for seven days and conquered it. God spoke, and they had faith and obeyed. Mary, mother of Jesus, didn’t understand how a virgin could conceive, but trusted that what God said was true. All of these incidences were circumstances that seemed impossible, but yet each had faith in God that He would bring about the result exactly as He had spoken. He did.

Do we believe when God speaks? We have a Bible full of scriptures where God speaks to us. We have promises to believe, commands to obey, admonishments to follow and warnings to adhere. We can become great people of faith, too, as we take God at His word. What is God speaking to you today? 

My sweet little granddaughter on the tire swing her Papa built.

PRAYER: Lord, give me the faith to believe that what you speak in Your word is true, and that you will fulfill all the promises that you have given in Your word. 

“And God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light,” (Genesis 1: 3 NIV).