What Do You Believe? by Maria Hartman

It's the way we live, not the way we talk that counts.
All of us live what we really believe.

We can't see so many things yet we believe they exist. None of us can 'see' germs but we believe they exist because we have been affected by them personally. We have gotten sick in one form or another and subsequently we take the action of washing our hands often.

What about the temperature? It's another fact of life we can't see with our eyes but we can certainly feel. At noon on a mid August day we act on our belief that it will be hot outside and we dress accordingly.

What do you believe about God? Do you know that what you and I really believe is evident for all to see even if we preferred it wasn't? We can say the right things to others and even to ourselves but unless we take THE WORD and allow it to change our heart, (which in turn will change our lives and actions), it isn't belief in God, it is instead empty words.

God's Word is 100% truth. Even if the entire world believed otherwise that would not change the truth that has been established since the beginning of time. If you believe that life isn't precious or sacred and that you were not divinely created for a great and mighty purpose, you are completely wrong.

What we hear and listen to is very important. Truth needs to fill our minds, and we need to be diligent to keep ourselves unstained by a world which is full of deceptive philosophy and false hope. But listening alone, and being taught great truths alone, is not going to determine our belief. We must take steps toward living that truth, one small step at a time, and thus do what God calls us to. That is real faith in more ways than one; it is real because it is based on truth, and it is real because we have taken it to heart personally and it can be seen by others.

I'll leave you today with something that I read to my daughter this morning. Before I do however, I challenge you to think carefully about what it is you believe about God, not what you'd like to think you believe. I am challenged with the same question as I look at my life.

This was taken from The Bible in Pictures for Little Eyes by Kenneth N. Taylor.
Maybe all the other people laughed at Noah for believing that God would make it rain so hard, but Noah didn't care. He believed God and got into the boat. Then God sent the rain.

Yes, Noah did believe.

Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him: for he that comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.