MORNING MANNA 8-18-23
FAULTY FAITH
“ For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.”– Gal.3:26
Here is a sad story that illustrates a common problem. Several years ago, a university professor was teaching a class on rappelling. This sport involves securing a stout rope on top of a cliff and lowering yourself to the bottom of the cliff. The instructor took her class to the roof of a campus building, secured the rope to a steel grid, grasped the rope, stood on the edge of roof, and leaned out over the edge. To the horror of the class, the grid popped out of the roof and the professor plunged to her death. She had faith in her rope; she had faith in her ability to rappel, and she had faith in the steel grid to which she had tied the rope. The problem was not her lack of faith, but one of the objects of her faith. She fell because the anchor to which she had entrusted her life was faulty.
This serves to remind us that simply feeling good about our beliefs isn’t good enough to save us. You can brag all day about your faith getting you to heaven, but if it isn’t in the shed blood of the Lord Jesus Christ it will fail you. Hebrews 6:19 assures us that in Christ we have an “anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast.” Trust Him and He will never let you down!- HDS
David Stone
Lakeway Baptist Church
Humble, Tx
