Faith in God

Jesus said unto them: Have faith in God.--MARK xi.22

AS the eye is the organ by which we see the light and rejoice in it,
so faith is the power by which we see the light of God and walk in it.
Man was made for God, in His likeness; his whole being formed after
the Divine pattern. Just think of his wonderful power of thinking out
all the thoughts of God hidden in nature. Think of the heart, with its
unlimited power of self-sacrifice and love. Man was made for God, to
seek Him, to find Him, to grow up into His likeness and show forth His
glory; in the fullest to be His dwelling. And faith is the eye which,
turning away from the world and self, looks up to God and in His light
sees light. To faith God reveals Himself.
How often we toil and try to waken thoughts and concerning God, which
are but a faint shadow, and we forget" to gaze on the Incomparable Original."
Could we but realize it, in the depth of our soul God reveals Himself.
Without faith it is impossible to please God, or to know. In our quiet
time, we have to pray to our Father which is in secret. There "He hides us in
the secret of His pavilion." And there, as we wait and worship before Him, He
will in very deed, just as the light by its very nature reveals itself, let
His light shine into our heart.
Let our desire be to take time and be still before God, believing with an
unbounded faith in His longing to make Himself known to us. Let us feed on
God's Word, to make us strong in faith. Let that faith have large thoughts of
what God's glory is; of what His power is to reveal Himself to us; of what His
longing love is to get complete possession of us.
Such faith exercised and strengthened day by day in secret fellowship with God,
will become the habit of our life, keeping us ever in the enjoyment of His presence
and the experience of His saving power.
"Abraham was strong in faith, giving glory to God; being fully persuaded that, what
He had promised, He was able also to perform"(Rom.iv.20.21)
"I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me."(Act xxvii.25)
"Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and He shall strengthen thine heart:
wait, I say,on the Lord"(Ps.xxvii.14)

THE SECRET OF ADORATION
ANDREW MURRAY