Faith is the Victory*

by Brittany
from Virtuous Daughters, January 2006~Volume 5, Number 10

The other day when I started chapter 11 of Hebrews, (I was having my quiet time), I immediately recognized the first verses. My brother was memorizing them for a program he’s in. I had asked him for the passage a little while before because I had decided I wanted to type a letter on faith using that verse. I rushed to my laptop and started typing.

Even though I ended up erasing the whole thing ☺, I later on started typing another one. These are the verses that I saw in my quiet time: “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report. Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.” (verses 1–3)

I could write the next thirty seven verses, but instead, maybe you can read them for yourself. Do you trust in God for everything? A little while back, I really struggled with trusting in God with such things as my family. I had a hard time relying on God to keep our family safe, especially Daddy. I was afraid he was going to get hurt while he was at work. It is kind of fun that Daddy is a police officer, but it’s kind of scary too. I was relying on temporal things and had thoughts like this: Oh, he’ll be just fine. Well, he does have a gun. He really is safe . . . But the Lord didn’t want me to do that. He wanted me to put my full trust in Him.

There was one verse that Mommy gave to me to look at the times when I was not trusting in God. “Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on Thee: because he trusteth in Thee. Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting
strength:”--Isaiah 26:3–4 The first of these verses is the one that I memorized. When I was afraid, I would run to look at it. Even though I was worried, it didn’t mean that I didn’t care
about it. I used to think to myself, I hope that I won’t worry in maybe just a few more months. Or, Maybe in three weeks I won’t be worried any more. Of course, as you probably already noticed, this isn’t a firm reliance. It did not matter how many weeks or more months it was. When I asked Mommy when she thought I would stop worrying, she told me that when I trusted God I would stop worrying.

Satan got the best of me and my worries had grown until it didn’t seem very realistic that I would stop worrying soon. It doesn’t happen overnight that you grow faith. You just must learn to trust God. Pray about it. I would pray and pray that I would soon stop worrying. Really, I think that He just wanted me to learn to trust in Him. Slowly, I stopped worrying
so much. I learned to trust God. It doesn’t mean that I don’t worry anymore. But when I do worry, I try to stop and pray that I won’t be worried. For awhile, I was worried about the twins. Not always, but sometimes I would be afraid that something would happen to them. Now, I pray every day for them in my quiet time. And all of us pray together at nearly every
meal. (Except for breakfast, because we all eat and pray individually.)

When you are worried, go and read your Bible. Pray. Ask the Lord to help you. Don’t depend on things of this world but on the everlasting Father. I hope this article has helped you realize you do not need to worry.

One more thing: I really enjoyed singing the hymn “Faith is the Victory.” Look it up in your hymnal book, and you can read it too!