“Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. This is what the ancients were commended for. By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.” (Hebrews 11:1-3)

Verse one of this chapter provides a beautifully simplistic definition of biblical faith. Saying that our faith is the trust we have in the saving power of Jesus Christ, and this confidence that we have in our Savior is reinforced by nothing more than our belief. While through the lenses of Christianity, we may be able to derive more concrete evidence for the existence of God. Faith is the culmination of the idea that we don’t need too – no other evidence is necessary. Our own belief in God is sufficient. We hope for the second coming of our Lord Jesus, and the life after death that God has promised to His body of believers. The assurance we have in knowing that this hope is founded in truth is the very faith that is described in today’s verses. And just as it was said about the “ancients,” we too can be commended for our faith in the things only God can do. Calling specific attention to the birth of our world and then creation as a whole. Throughout the entire existence of mankind, including the greatest minds of science, we have not been able to create anything. Yes we can mold materials, change their state, alter their physical properties, but mankind has never created matter from nothing. So where did it all come from? Science can’t answer that question. In fact, our physical laws of science state that we cannot create something new from nothing. This highlights a huge question; how did everything we can see come from what did not exist (the unseen)? And the simple truth is, that faith in God is still the only practical answer.