“WITHOUT FAITH IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE HIM!”

 Hebrews 11:6                    (ESV)

“[6] And “WITHOUT FAITH IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE HIM”, for whoever would DRAW NEAR to GOD MUST BELIEVE that HE exists and that HE rewards those who seek HIM.”

Having heard this Bible verse for many years, when my Pastor used it near the end of his sermon this Sunday morning, I wrote it down so that I would remember it later and be able to ruminate over the impact it has had in my life!  

My mind almost immediately remembered the TESTIMONY my caregivers during the seventeen day coma in July 2007 gave regarding the ACTIONS of my wife.  When they were trying to “prepare” her for what they saw as the “inevitable”, her reply was “He is going to be just fine”!  Although her response was “scary”, to say the least, she says she actually BELIEVED that I would be ok!  Before the month of August came to an end, I was discharged from the Rehabilitation Hospital, walking by myself!  

My wife’s FAITH is a GIFT from ALMIGHTY GOD (Ephesians 2:8), as it is with everyone else who BELIEVES!  Humanity doesn’t have ANYTHING to make us worthy of KNOWING HIS GRACE!  It is ONLY because we are GIFTED to be able to SEE GOD perform MIRACULOUS WORKS that requires FAITH!  That FAITH comes from GOD, and HE requires it to be PLEASED!  

“WITHOUT FAITH IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE HIM”, and that FAITH is a GIFT from GOD HIMSELF!  My FAITH has DRASTICALLY increased since, not only because of the MIRACULOUS healing from the Brain Hemorrhage, but because HE BLESSES me with every breath (Isaiah 42:5) I have EVER breathed!  I know that ALL GOOD THINGS come from ABOVE (James 1:17) and I am simply BLESSED to receive anything from HIM!!

JESUS CHRIST IS LIFE (John 1:4; 14:6)!  HE not only gives us life, but HE ALSO gives us the FAITH required to PLEASE HIMSELF!  Because “WITHOUT FAITH IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE HIM”, and that FAITH COMES FROM HIM!!!