In the first verse of the old song, “Sing and Be Happy”, it is stated, “Look by faith and see it my friend, Trust in His promises grand”.
What beautiful words to describe how the Christian should live their life. We are taught in God’s word that faith is necessary to be pleasing to God. “But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him” (Heb 11:6). We are also told how to get faith, “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God” (Rom 10:17).
Some people have a misunderstanding about faith; they think that faith amounts only to believing in God. While this is a necessary part of faith, there is more involved. Abraham was a great man of faith, notice what was said of him, “… Abraham believed God….” He did as God commanded. When he was told to leave the people of his father, he went. When he was told to offer Isaac on Mt. Moriah, the Bible says, “And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him” (Gen.22: 3). He had faith that God would take care of his son.
The writer of Hebrews said of Abraham, “By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son. Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure” (Heb. 11:17—19). This is the kind of faith that one must have before they can learn to trust in God.
When one learns to trust in God, then this life is easier to live. The world worries itself into frenzy over many different things. Some worry about money, to the point that it becomes the focal point of their life. They will do whatever is necessary to gain their “fortune”.
The Bible has much to say about this problem. “For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows” (I Tim. 6:10). This quest for riches can cause one to leave God out of their life completely, thinking they are the one who is doing everything. Well might they remember the parable of the foolish rich man found in Luke 12:26—21. God is the one that enables us to have the health and mind to go about our day-today life.
Ellen Meisberger wrote something a long time ago that still is true today. She wrote, “ Money can buy a bed not sleep, a hammer but not a carpenter, “things” but not friends, a toy but not a child’s happiness, a pen and paper but not an author, a pencil but not an idea, a house but not a home, an agreement but not peace, paints but not an artist, eyeglasses but not eyesight, a chair but not rest, a computer but not wisdom, a school but not students, death but not life, a flag but not patriotism, a gun but not a soldier, a book but not knowledge, a machine but not a skill, a desk but not a teacher, a name but not a man, a church but not a religion, an alter but not salvation and a cross but not a savior”. T
hink about this and see the truth. Trust needs to be in God not things.