Faith is the foundation of our walk with the Lord. The enemy of our soul does everything possible to shipwreck our faith. Faith is believing though we cannot see. Hebrews 11:1 says, “Now faith…” Fresh faith right now, not faith from yesterday ~ moment by moment faith.

The verse says that our present faith, “…is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Abraham believed God when He promised he would have a son. Years went by. Sarai decided to take matters into her own hands. Her scheming created an Ishmael.

What lie did she believe? We have no power to fulfill God’s promises, nor any that we make to ourselves or others. Only the Lord is in control of all things. The Lord never draws away from us, but when we believe a lie, we are drawn away. James 1:14 says, “But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed.”