~We Walk by Faith~

“for we walk by faith, not by sight” - [2 CO 5:7] [NAS]

~Where it all Started~

It all started in Genesis, in the beginning, in the Garden of Eden. Adam and Eve made a choice. A choice made by sight and not faith. Look at Genesis 3:6, When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate. [GENESIS 3:6] [NAS] Adam and Eve destroyed the great relationship they had with the Lord.

~Adam and Eve, and “oh yes” Satan~

What if Adam and Eve had just said to Satan, wait a minute, let me check this out with God? Let us give God a chance to explain, but they disregarded God’s previous instructions and precepts. They made a decision based on seeing and not based upon God’s commandments. They immediately trusted Satan and what he told them and surprisingly did what he said. Adam and Eve put their faith in Satan and not God.

~The Perfect World~

Before sin, Adam and Eve lived in a perfect world, without sin, a perfect relationship with God. By putting their faith in Satan, they chose to die with the faithless and lying Satan instead of choosing eternal life with their faithful Lord, their creator, as well as the creator of the universe and all that is good in it. As recorded in Hebrews 11:1; Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. [HEBREWS 11:1] [KJV] As in Genesis 3:6, it says, the woman SAW that the tree was good for food. [ Emphasis mine]. Instead of walking by faith which is, “the evidence of things not seen,” [HEB 11:1b] they chose to walk by sight. Remember, today we still have that choice, to walk with Satan or walk with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

~Show it to me~

Not much has changed in today’s world. We still want to see it instead of believing in the Almighty Lord, sight unseen. The slogan that may apply today is, “Show it to me and maybe I will believe!” as recorded in II Corinthians 5:7, for we walk by faith, not by sight - [2 CO 5:7] [NAS]

Brother Dewey E. Fox