Two small girls, from the same Sunday school class, were walking along together with their dolls, trying to repeat the memory verse for the week. It happened to be on the subject of “Faith.”
“What is faith, Mary?” asked the younger girl. “I don’t know what it means.”
Mary, a bright, happy girl, knew the Lord as her Saviour. She was one year older than Sharon, her companion.
“Why, it’s just the same as believing, Sharon.” “Don’t you remember that Miss Sands told us the other week that faith was just saying ‘Amen’ to God’s Word?”
Sharon seemed quite satisfied with this explanation. I think that Mary’s definition of faith is very true. It is just saying “Amen” to God, letting God be true, believing without question what God says. He tells you that you are a sinner, lost and ruined. Do you say “Amen” to that? He says that Jesus died for sinners on the cross, and that all who believe on Him “have everlasting life.” (John 3:1616For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16)). Do you say “Amen” to that?
There is no need for waiting. Feelings do not make the Word of God one bit more sure. The Word of the eternal God, who cannot lie, is worthy of being believed, and faith accepts Him, saying “Amen” to all that God has spoken. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but what God has said remains forever.
ML-11/30/1980