Can You Explain What Faith Is?

   We hear so much about a person’s “faith” today. Can you explain what faith is? 

   Answer: The basic idea behind the word “faith” is “trust based on what one believes.”  To trust in something or someone means to rely or depend on that thing or person in some capacity. 

   We all exercise faith in some way on a daily basis. Going to a certain place at a preset time to meet someone is an act of faith. You trust (put faith in) that person to be there at the place and at the time as he said he would. The farmer who plants a crop does so by faith. He believes that there will be a market for that crop at harvest time. Numerous examples could be given, but the basic idea of faith is to believe or trust in something. 

   Of course, not all that we place our faith in is reliable.  People may fail to do or act as we trust or hope they will.  Machinery will eventually break down.  Unforeseen circumstances may take the money we hoped to use for a special purpose, etc., etc., etc.  In cases such as these, it is not faith which failed, but that in which faith was placed. 

   Faith, then, is to believe, to place confidence or trust in something or someone for a specific purpose. 

   Just as important as having faith is making sure what we are place our trust in is ...

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