Faith: Trusting God

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"I do beg of you to recognize, then, the extreme simplicity of faith; that it is nothing more nor less than just believing God when He says He either has done something for us, or will do it; and then trusting Him to do it. " -- Hannah Whitall Smith, "The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life"

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So this is faith: believing what God has said. Shall we look then for what God has said? And declare that it is so? I have posted this passage already, so let's start here.

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Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly,
Nor stands in the path of sinners,
Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;
But his delight is in the law of the LORD,
And in His law he meditates day and night.
He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water,
That brings forth its fruit in its season,
Whose leaf also shall not wither.
And whatever he does shall prosper.

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First, do not live one's life by the advice and 'wisdom' of the ungoldly. Delight in the law of God, and think on it continually. For us, that is the Bible. Learn the scriptures - verses, passages, lessons, and instruction. We will be watered, we will bear fruit, we shall not wither, and we will prosper. Whatever the metaphors mean practically I don't exactly know, but the image is that we will THRIVE, and that's good enough for me.

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