Harvest Daily 04/02/04

Harvest Daily Devotional
by Pastor Greg Laurie

April 2

By Faith

"For we walk by faith, not by sight."  (1 Corinthians 5:7)

It is no coincidence that the phrase, "walk by faith," is used in Scripture.  Notice that Scripture doesn't tell us to sprint by faith; it tells us to walk by faith.  To walk speaks of continual, regulated motion.  The Bible says Enoch walked with God.  Many believers have their bursts of energy.  For a few months, they run.  Then they collapse for awhile.  They need to learn what it is to walk with God.

Of course, we like things fast.  We have microwave dinners, e-mail, cell phones, and instant messaging.  We have so much technology to make our lives a little easier and, most importantly, faster.  Then, when we come to the Christian life, we say, "All right, what's the angle?  What's the shortcut?"  Here it is: "The just shall live by faith" (Romans 1:17).  It's a day-by-day process.

We are always looking for the angle, for the inside track.  But it's very simple.  The Bible declares that the just shall live by faith.  Not by feeling.  Not by emotion.  Not by fear.  Not by worries.  By faith.

I know sometimes that it seems like nothing is happening in terms of our spiritual growth.  There are times when we don't really feel like we are changing, because as we look at ourselves every day, we don't necessarily see any changes.  But as we are walking by faith day by day, month by month, and year by year, we are being transformed.

Colossians 2:6 tells us, "As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving."  That's it.  The just shall live by faith.

Copyright (c) 2004 by Harvest Ministries.  All rights reserved.  Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright (c) 1996.  Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189.  All rights reserved.