Faith Means We’re Sure

Faith means we’re sure of what we hope to get;

We’re cer­tain of the things that we do not see.

By faith we know that God made the world;

What’s here now was not made

From what was seen.

Abel by faith of­fered God a bet­ter sac­ri­fice;

And Enoch

too

by faith died not

But from this life did rise.

Though they are gone

they speak this word:

That with­out faith

none can please the Lord.

It was by faith that No­ah built the ark

When warned by God of things

That were yet to pass.

Since he had faith

God did spare his life

And made him an heir of His right­eous­ness.

Abraham

too

when God said

To leave his home behind

Obeyed and went

though he knew not

The land he was to find.

Though they are gone

they speak this word:

That with­out faith

none can please the Lord.

It was by faith that Abr’ham had a son

Then of­fered him to God as a sa­cri­fice.

Faith up­held Mos­es in Egypt’s land

And faith let a lamb pay the first­born’s price.

By faith the peo­ple passed

Through the sea as on dry land

And faith was why the walls of

Jericho just could not stand.

Though they are gone

they speak this word:

That with­out faith

none can please the Lord.

All these still lived by faith un­til they died

Receiving not the things

That had been made known.

They on­ly saw them as from afar;

They knew that their coun­try

Was not their own.

God there­fore was not ashamed

To be named as their Lord;

For they be­lieved that He was real

And would their faith re­ward.

Oh

give me faith to trust Your Word

That by my life I may please You

Lord.