Friday Reading: Habakkuk 2:4
Key Verse: Habakkuk 2:4
4 Behold, the soul of him is lifted up, and is not upright; but the just shall live by his faith.
Devotion:
Yesterday we were reminded that ‘the just shall live by faith’. One reference to this was written hundreds of years before Christ actually came down to earth as a human. For that to be so and for the record to list what has happened must surely mean that we have records in agreement with each other. But let’s not get tied up in records that agree because if we based our faith on that fact alone we should be able to prove just about anything and indeed it is that sort of thing that has spurned many people to write books proving all manner of diverse theories based on those so called agreements in facts or events.
It is not the mere fact that certain events, dates or stories agree with each other that we should build our faith on. It is the fact that it was Christ that we should build our faith on. Was Jesus a fake? I don’t think that would ever stand up because of the amount of data that has been collected. Was He a legend who’s stories have been exaggerated? Again we have too much proof. If we tried to change the life and times of someone in recent history we would be proven wrong by many people who could stand up and say so from personal eye-witnesses to stories passed down a single generations or two. The Apostles stories were written within a generation of the actual events – any differences in the actual and the stories would have been raised as differences a long time ago.
Does it take faith still? Yes. We still do have to accept what is by all accounts the actual truth as the truth and we have to believe that in our hearts and not just say so. Christ has done this all so that ancient history will agree with recent history which will agree with God’s Word.
Points to Ponder:
How do you look at history?
Do you agree with God’s historical account?