This is another installment in a series that has been adapted from my 11-part CD teaching series on A. W. Tozer’s spiritual classic, The Pursuit of God.
Science confirms the truth of Hebrews 11:1. Everything that appears to be solid turns out to not be solid at the atomic level. It actually consists of whirling fields of mysterious energies and forces. So that everything that is seen is made up of that which is not seen. For example, Einstein’s most famous equation tells us that energy (what we don’t see) and mass (what we do see) are equivalent. That is, they consist of the same basic stuff, but in different forms. Matter is simply slowed-down energy or compressed energy. And when matter is accelerated at the speed of light squared it becomes energy. And what is energy? No one knows. It seems that every time we learn something new in science we encounter something else far more mysterious. A healthy faith is needed in science too.
Returning now to Hebrews11:6, we not only read that, “Without faith it is impossible to please [God],” but also that he who comes to God must believe two things: (1) “. . . that he is,” and (2) “. . . that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.” The rest of the chapter tells the stories of the men and women who exercised their faith by pursuing the “unseen” and the “not yet” above the things that are “seen” and “now here.” As verse 13 says, “All these died in faith, without receiving the promises, but having seen them and having welcomed them from a distance, and having confessed that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.” In Alexandre Dumas’ classic The Count of Monte Cristo, the final two words in the book are “Wait and hope.” That’s the theme of Hebrews chapter 11: “Wait” – the future is going to be better than you can possibly imagine. And “hope” – the future is in the hands of our trustworthy God. That kind of faith has 20/20 vision.
• “Wait” – the future is going to be better than you can possibly imagine. And “hope” – the future is in the hands of our trustworthy God.
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Thank you, Ken for these words this morning!
I love your explanantion of Einstein’s famous formula and the reminder that we don’t really know what energy “is”but that by faith, we believe it. Very powerful reminder that we can not live without the hope that our future is in the hands of our trustworthy God. Don’t we need hope in these parlous times?
Remarkable prayer. This is going on a 3 x 5 card!