Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth.  And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way.

— John 4:50

This man came to Jesus, desiring Him to come to his house and heal his son.  He said to Jesus, “Come down or my son will die.”  The only evidence this man had was a dying son, and that he had heard about Jesus healing others.  Jesus told him, “Go your way, your son lives.”  Notice--the man had no more natural evidence of his son living.  His son was still sick, at the point of death.  Jesus had not gone with him, touched the boy, or healed him with any outward act.  The father only had the word of Jesus!  But he believed the word!  He believed it above the symptoms in his boy, above the fear of a dead son, above seeing Jesus physically touch and heal the boy-–he believed the word!  This is walking by faith and not by sight.  This is believing the evidence of things not seen.  This is hooking up to the blessings of God.  This is putting the Word on the throne of your life.  You may say, “If Jesus would appear to me and tell me I’m healed, blessed, anointed, I would believe it too!”  That is why He left you His Word.  The Word is just as sure as Jesus personally coming to you and saying “Go your way, your son lives.”  Simply believe the Word!  In spite of physical evidence–-believe the Word.  Do not let feelings and emotions change the Word–-allow the Word to change feelings and emotions.

Now the just shall live by faith:

—  Hebrews 10:38a

The day that you received Jesus as your Lord and Savior you were justified by the Blood (Rom. 5:9).  You were made righteous and just before God.  Sin is no longer separating you from an intimate relationship with God; you have been made just or innocent in His sight.  The born-again person or the just person should now live in a different way.  The just shall live, or have his life sustained, by faith.  Faith is simply putting God and His Word in first place in your life.  Believing what God has said about you, others, and circumstances will take you to a place of living beyond the natural, beyond the ordinary.  So if we are to live by faith and not just try it out, we need to study about faith and learn about it every day of our lives.  The just can live in many ways, but in order to live on top, to live in victory, to live pleasing to God-–the just shall live by faith.  Start to study about faith; learn to live God’s way.  The old way of life will no longer work for you.  God has made a new way of life available to the believer-–His way, the higher way, the best way.  The just shall live by faith!

And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be:  for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.

— Deuteronomy 32:20

In the Old Testament God had to deal with a people who had no faith.  They were not born again, not regenerated in spirit, but were still living with an old sin nature.  These people were living by fear rather than by faith.  God could not have a face-to-face relationship with them.  He could not be intimate and close to them.  He would have to sit back and watch them get into a mess; then when they called out to Him, He would come and rescue them.  Many Christians live the same way today–-going along, doing their own thing, until they get in trouble; then they call out to God and He rescues them.  But there is a better way to live in this day, a way to avoid and stay out of messes.  You can now live by faith and be led by the Word and the Spirit of God.  Faith will put you on top and faith will keep you on top.  Faith will remove fear out of your life; it will replace the spirit of fear with the Spirit of faith.  You will no longer wonder where you are headed–-you will know, and believe in your outcome.  We are no longer a people who have no faith.  We are faith people, a just people who can now live daily God’s way!  Faith came to us when the Word came.  Jesus brought faith to mankind so we could live a daily, overcoming lifestyle!

The just shall live by faith.

— Galatians 3:11b

Here we see for a second time in the Scriptures God telling us that the just shall live by faith.  In order for you to “live” by faith, there must be some teaching and training in the “how-to” of faith.  People make a living in the natural as doctors, electricians, plumbers, builders, and many other occupations, but none will be successful without training.  Many go to school for years and spend a lot of money to be able to live and survive in their jobs.  Yet people in the church spend little time to study and to get proficient in their spiritual way of life-–faith.  We need to discover what faith is, how we get it, how we use it, what it will do, and why it is important.  Faith to a believer is a way of life, not a subject or a topic.  Faith is not a way of getting things from God; it is a way of living in and enjoying what God has already given us.  I live by faith!  I raise my children by faith, I work at my job by faith, I deal with my money by faith, I live by faith in my marriage.  I make every decision by faith, I think faith, I talk faith, my life is sustained by faith.  Why?  Because faith is God’s way–-faith is the best way.  Make a decision today to live by faith.  Ask the Holy Spirit to show you how you can live in the Word and let the Word live in you.  He is the Spirit of faith and desires you to live a life of faith.