Evidence

Faith IS!
Terry R. Baughman

“Now faith brings our hopes into reality and becomes the foundation needed to acquire the things we long for. It is all the evidence required to prove what is still unseen. This testimony of faith is what previous generations were commended for. Faith empowers us to see that the universe was created and beautifully coordinated by the power of God’s words! He spoke and the invisible realm gave birth to all that is seen” (Hebrews 11:1-3 TPT).

Faith sees what is impossible to see, and accepts for reality the invisible realm of the Spirit. Faith defies logic and the laws of nature, creating material from immaterial, producing something physical where there was only imagination, revealing tangible evidence for what was wistfully dreamed. 

Faith moves God to act in response to our hopes and confident prayers spoken in childlike simplicity. Jesus said, “Everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened” (Matthew 7:8 NKJ). As much as a father delights in meeting the needs of his children, even so our Heavenly Father loves to respond to our requests. Jesus made that comparison, and then stated, “How much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!” (Matthew 7:11 NKJ).

What we can imagine God doing often becomes the substance of our expectations and the blueprint of God’s design. As Paul wrote, “He will achieve infinitely more than your greatest request, your most unbelievable dream, and exceed your wildest imagination!” (Ephesians 3:20 TPT). 

If we can dream it, God can speak it, and in His Word is creative power. The writer of Hebrews said that He is, “sustaining all things by his powerful word” (Hebrews 1:3 NIV). Another translation said, “He holds the universe together and expands it by the mighty power of his spoken word” (Hebrews 1:3 TPT). There is forward movement and active momentum through His creative Word. 

The Psalmist penned, “By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth” (Psalm 33:6 NKJ). Paul expressed the power of Christ and said, “For in him was created the universe of things, both in the heavenly realm and on the earth, all that is seen and all that is unseen.” He went on to reveal that, “He existed before anything was made, and now everything finds completion in him” (Colossians 1:16-17 TPT).

Faith in God’s works provides all the proof needed as evidence of His reality. All of creation testifies of His existence. Paul wrote, “… from the creation of the world, the invisible qualities of God’s nature have been made visible, such as his eternal power and transcendence. He has made his wonderful attributes easily perceived, for seeing the visible makes us understand the invisible” (Romans 1:20 TPT). Only by denying what is visible all around us in nature can we deny the power of God’s presence, and only a fool can deny what is clearly seen in creation. 

“Faith empowers us to see that the universe was created and beautifully coordinated by the power of God’s words!” By faith we understand His existence. That’s all the evidence we need!
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Theme passage:
“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen” (Hebrews 11:1 NKJ).