Faith
Faith is seeing things only God can see and then acting on it. And you will have faith in whatever you hope in.
Faith
Faith is seeing things only God can see and then acting on it.
Read between the lines for me…
Elizabeth did not conceive in the same way Mary did.
Thus, after Zechariah received his message from Gabriel, they saw only what God saw and then acted on it.
Then Elizabeth conceived.
Pillar #1 of advent is Hope. Certainty your future is better than your past and present.
Pillar #5 of advent is Faith. Seeing things only God can see and then acting on it.
If you think of our lives as a building, Hope and Faith are load bearing pillars. These two Pillars work in tandem with each other to keep the house of our lives upright.
They’re internal. People can’t directly see the Pillars. But they can see when the Pillars give out.
You will have Faith in whatever you Hope in.
Elizabeth and Zechariah hoped in God for a son. Now, a son who will prepare people for the Lord. So they had faith and acted on their hope in God.
But your hope might not be in God. And you act in faith.
Maybe religion is your hope. So you act in faith that following the rules is your better future.
Maybe success is your hope. So you act in faith that following the numbers is your better future.
Maybe numbing is your hope. So you act in faith that following the numb is your better future.
Eventually, following anything except Jesus will make your Pillars of Hope and Faith crumble. At first, only you can see it and feel it. Then others will be able to. And then, your house comes crumbling down.