Let us all give God the glory and honor, because of His unfailing love and faithfulness. We are still standing and testifying because of His unfailing love, not because we fast ,prayer and attend church programs more than our other fellow Christians. In His faithfulness we trust, because we can't trust on the faith we have for Him. Considering that, it is all about what God does through us, not what we do for Him!
The substance of Christianity is Faith. Faith is the only thing that God recognize and it what pleases Him. We can preach, pray, fast, worship and give offerings but if all we do is not driven by Faith all we do is in vain. It is only faith that we keep our lights trimmed and burning. All the heroes of faith in their own different context they needed A Way Out, because it was by faith that they obtained good reports. As today there are many stumbling blocks and barricades that are hindering us in our lives. We are praying, we are tithing and doing all that is required of us as Christians but we are still stagnant and cornered.
When we start believing on what Christ did for, by giving us A Way Out. What we do for Him will keep us in religion which is associated with routine. Religion and Faith are not synonyms. Faith is all about fixing our eyes on His Word but religion is when man trust their own righteousness by fixing their eyes unto themselves or one another.
People who never apply faith in their live are forever in one place, or they are forever living in circles. The life of faith is all about movers and shakers, God was never and still not interested in calling lazy people to do His work, but He only send lazy people to be taught by ants. By so saying, people who need A Way Out they should have guts, backbone, boldness and courage, those are elements of Faith.
By Faith we receive A Way Out before we see it! That is the attitude of God. He always shows us the end before the beginning, He told Israel about Canaan the land of milk and honey, but how to get there they needed to have faith in what God said, as a result it was because of unbelief that many didn't make it to the promise land. All the mountains that are hindering our way out need Faith, all that we need is to have A Way Out. It may be a source of income, it may be your health, it may be peace of mind, it may be shelter etc. All you need is faith to go through, because faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen.
As much as rand, dollar and pound are the currency of this world, without them it may be hard to function and get what we need in this world, but we can not trust on them because they are unstable. According to God gold has no value, hence He made it to be road which they travel upon in Heaven, but the currency of Heaven is faith! We purchase our A Way Out by faith, because by grace God has already provided A Way Out that we did not even deserve. The well known prostitute of Jericho she also didn't deserved the grace of God, she was suppose to die together with the people of Jericho. But by Faith she purchased her A Way Out
We purchase our Way Out by Faith.
