Don't Stop Believing

We use the word "faith" so much that it has lost it's meaning. It has become a major theme in secular culture and not in a good way. We are all familiar with the word and the idea of it but how about the truth surrounding the word "faith"? We often want to attach some element of faith to everything we desire to happen or be true and that simply is not biblical. Faith is not the belief that everything in this life is going to turn out the way you want it to. The Bible tells us that all things are going to work together for good but it does not say that all things are going to be good. Faith is believing that God is going to use even the bad stuff. We hope God prevents the bad stuff and we pray that He will prevent the bad stuff but there is no foundation to expect that. The grace of God often protects us, but we cannot believe that we will never endure hardship.