“See, he is puffed up; his desires are not upright-- but the righteous will live by his faith” – Habakkuk 2:4
In his book “Long Journey Home”, Os Guinness writes: “A European recalled a conversation about faith with a Masai tribesman in Kenya. The European used a certain word to define the concept of belief, but the tribesman rejected his definition with a snort. The Masai word the European used simply meant ‘assent’ or ‘agreement.’
The tribesman likened this inadequate word to ‘a white hunter shooting an animal with his gun from a great distance. Only his eyes and his fingers took part in the act.’
But true belief, the tribesman said, could be pictured as a pursuing lion: ‘His nose and eyes and ears pick up the prey. His legs give him the speed to catch it. All the power in his body is involved in the terrible death leap and single blow to the neck with the front paw, the blow that actually kills. And as the animal goes down, the lion envelops it in his arms [Africans refer to the front legs of an animal as its arms], pulls it to himself, and makes it part of himself. This is the way a lion kills. This is the way a man believes. This is what faith is.’”
We grow in righteousness when we live by faith in Jesus Christ. Today in prayer, ask the Lord how you can trust Him more.
“The essence of faith is being satisfied with all God is for us in Jesus.” – John Piper
God’s Word: “For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: ‘The righteous will live by faith.’” – Romans 1:17
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