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Accept Despair, But Believe
Today I will accept despair as part of life, but also believe that I can offer it up on Christ’s altar where it can be accepted and redeemed.
Carry this thought with you thoughout your day
Heaven-Born Faith: What It Is And Why It Is Important
What it is
“It is a poor faith which can only trust God when friends are true, the body full of health, and the business profitable; but that is true faith which holds by the Lord’s faithfulness when friends are gone, when the body is sick, when spirits are depressed, and the light of our Father’s countenance is hidden. A faith which can say, in the direst trouble, “Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him,” is heaven-born faith.” *
Why it is important
It is how we glorify God, how we, in our often troubled, meager lives may shine some ray of light upon the glory of our creator. And this is why we exist, our grand purpose.
The Biblical context is Numbers 11, particularly v11: “Why have you brought this trouble on your servant? What have I done to displease you that you put the burden of all these people on me?” This is Moses speaking to the Lord about the hardships the people he was leading were complaining about, largely about food. The question we could ask is, “when experiencing hardship is it OK to complain to the Lord?” The answer is yes, but not in a manner of rejecting God. Faith—trust, belief—is not easy. That is why we need a faith that is heaven-born; not manufactured by ourselves but accepted from God.
*Charles Spurgeon, Morning and Evening Devotional, October 7, Morning
