The line-up of believers in Hebrews 11 represent for us, those who despite the challenges they faced, and some of their situations were so dear, held on to their faith. And so the Bible says;
Hebrews 11:1-2 NLT
[1] Faith shows the reality of what we hope for; it is the evidence of things we cannot see. [2] Through their faith, the people in days of old earned a good reputation.
If they earned their reputation through faith walking with God, we will have to do the same.
Faith is trusting in the integrity of God. That God exist, and that he keeps His word.
Faith does not mean being certain of the outcome, no, it means trusting in the one that promised the outcome. Today, we will read about Enoch and Noah and Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, men who believed God beyond what they could see in the physical. Noah built a boat and waited 100 years for a flood God said was coming even though no one had ever seen it rain before. Abraham left home at 75 years to a destination God was going to show him. He sacrificed the promised child Isaac, after waiting over 20 years to receive him. That is what faith truly is, it stands and rest on the one who promised.
