The Scripture found in Hebrews 11:6 which says “it is impossible to please God without faith” has always puzzled me.
I’ve often wondered about the faith that pleases God. Is it the faith we have when coming to Him to save us or is it the faith we have as we walk out our daily lives? Or am I making it too complicated… isn’t faith, just faith?
Either way, it’s simply impossible to please God without faith.
With this in mind I am reading through 1 Corinthians and came across chapter 10. Check out how it starts out:
But check out what happens next in verse 5:
Why was it that God was not please with most of them? Check out what we find in Hebrews 3:16-19:
So we see that because of their unbelief they were not able to enter His rest.”
God was not pleased with most of them because of their unbelief.
They saw the Red Sea part. They walked on dry ground. They saw the pillar of fire by night and cloud by day. They heard the voice of God at the mount. Yet in the moment when they were stretched yet again, “they didn’t combine what they heard with faith” (Hebrews 4:2).
If you haven’t seen and know already, faith is vital. Our relationship with God can not be based on what is seen, or what we may perceive to be reality. It must always be based on faith and stepping out where we’ve never been. It must be based on God’s reality and the desires of His heart.
