Hebrews 10:38 The righteous shall live by faith.

Brothers and sisters, we have learned so much in Hebrews, but we gotta believe. This verse comes from Habakkuk 2:4. It is repeated here and in Romans 1:17 and Galatians 3:11. Faith is when we hear God and then do what HE says. Faith is so important that the following chapter, Chapter 11, is fully devoted to giving us examples of believing

faith. Hebrews 10:32 to 39 tells what is necessary for believing faith. I will quickly paraphrase what it says. First of all, we need to “remember” the tough times that God has carried us through.  When God spoke to Jeremiah, HE first would consistently tell him to remember the tough times that God had already brought him through. Only then would God speak to him. Brothers and sisters, our life is not an accident even the difficult times.

Our life is a portrait of God’s work in our lives. We need to remember those hard times which is the substance and beauty of our portrait. We must remember so we don’t throw away our confidence, which has a great reward.