Wednesday – Desperate Faith!
Focus Passage: Hebrews 11:1-3
Read: Matthew 14:22-33; 1 Peter 1:1-25
I remember it as the worst plane ride ever. While heading to Mexico on a missions trip, our plane got caught in the middle of a fierce storm. The turbulence was throwing the plane all over the place. In fact, there was a great deal of concern that the plane had gotten struck by lightning. Everyone, even the stewardess’ looked very nervous. While sitting there, I kept looking around at the people sitting near me. Some of the passengers were praying, others were pushing back on their seats with all their might. Many were crying. Some of the students with me on the trip were actually repenting like never before. The plane was falling…faith needed raising.
In these types of moments…moments where we have no control, where we really can’t see the outcome, faith is the only thing that we can hold onto. In fact, these moments are usually the biggest faith building moments in life. Faith is the “assurance” and “conviction” of the things we hope for. Our faith should be a glimpse of confidence in the Lord.
1. What role does hope play in our faith? Why does the writer of Hebrews make this connection?
2. What did the “people of old” gain by their faith? What do we gain because of our faith in Christ?
3. Scripture says that faith is not based upon something visible, but something we know to be true in spite of not seeing it (otherwise it wouldn’t be called faith). What makes faith so difficult? Why do people struggle so much with the idea of faith?
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