defining faith

“I have faith in you.”

How many times have you said, or heard those words?  What does it mean to have faith in someone … or something?

Faith seems to be one of those elusive, non-tangible type words.  The New Oxford American Dictionary says this:

Key words:  complete trust; confidence

Complete trust.  Trust seems like a more tangible word, doesn’t it?  Something one can better understand, relate to and wrap your head around.  The dictionary’s definition of trust is this:

The thesaurus uses these synonyms when describing faith: trust, belief, confidence, conviction; optimism, hopefulness, hope.

Interestingly the antonym of faith is mistrust.  But I’ll save that discussion for another post! :)

There are many, many verses in the Bible pertaining to faith.  But I think the most popular scripture that describes faith is this:

Faith means being sure of the things we hope for and
knowing that something is real even if we do not see it.
Hebrews 11:1 {NCV}


So if the words faith and trust could be intermingled, let’s look at the scripture this way:

{I have} complete trust {and confidence} that what
I hope for will come to pass.  Even if I can’t see it,
touch it, or hear it … I believe it to be true.


Wow!  I know for one, I would love … and find much freedom in living out life in that way.  Let’s chew on that until tomorrow.  {and yes, I just used the term “chew on” … cuz I’m way cool like that!} :)

{read 31 days of faith from the beginning}

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