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holds the promise of water, hoping beyond hope that it is not a mirage, but that it is
real. Hold onto the promises that have been whispered to you by the wind of the
Spirit. When the Father sees that you desire the spiritual riches that come from His
hand, more than satisfying your natural appetites with a bowl of pottage, then He
will bring you satisfaction beyond anything imagined. Like a brilliant beacon in the
midst of a darkened world you will bear His glory and all mankind will be drawn to
the brightness of your shining forth.
Have you heard a whisper on the wind? Have you wondered why His voice is so
faint, why He would call you to such extremities in your trials with so little that is
substantial to base it upon? It is in this way that He is glorified as He observes men
and women following ardently after Him when they see so little. How greatly does
all of heaven marvel when they see such a one turning away from the comfort and
pleasures of the world, embracing suffering and hardship and shame, and all for a
hope that has been whispered to them, a hope that they fervently long to see become
reality.

Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Through faith let your hopes become substance. Allow the things hoped for to
become more real to you than the world that presses in around you. There is a God
in the heavens, and He is a rewarder of those who come to Him in faith. Your faith
is much more valuable than gold that has been tried by fire. Like gold our faith is
also tried by fire, but what remains after the firing is something that is precious in
the sight of God.
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It has been a great trial for me on many occasions to choose to cling to the words I
have received from the Spirit of God when all around me is clamoring out that I have been
deceived and I will be proven a fool in the end. What has often kept me to the course is
considering what life would be like if I did believe these other voices that are filled with fear
and unbelief. I have considered what life would be like if I did not believe in a present God
who is ordering my steps and watching over me with great attentiveness. To live a life based
upon natural sight and reason, that knows nothing of the unseen power of a present God,
seems intolerable to me.
When I consider life without faith I am appalled at the vision before me. Do I really
want to live a life where I cannot trust in the unseen? Do I want to live a life where I have
to lean on my own resources, and upon the arm of man, to see me through every crisis and
difficulty? As challenging as a life of faith is, it seems to me much more preferable to a life
of unbelief. I would rather risk appearing a fool in man’s eyes, than to turn my back on the
rewards that await those who cast themselves unreservedly over into God’s hands.
The life of faith forces me to believe in a God who loves me, who will never abandon
or forsake me. A life of unbelief says, “Is God even among us?” Worse yet, it may confess
that God is present, but fail to believe that Yahweh truly loves His children, nor that He has
their best interests at heart. Like the unbelieving generation that came out of Egypt many
years ago, an unbelieving heart brings reproach to the character of God by saying, “Did God
bring us out here to the wilderness to kill us because there were not enough graves in