Hebrews 6:11 – 6And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
There is a lot to this scripture. First is the most obvious which is without faith it is impossible to please God. So the great prize winners out there in this world that don’t have any faith in God, don’t please Him at all. The athlete that has the whole stadium cheering and on their feet, if he don’t have faith in God, he doesn’t please Him at all.
God’s not impressed with the scientist who sits back and states that he needs more proof if he is to believe in God. God takes joy in the little child who has faith and comes asking for help or to tell Him that they love him.
Matthew 11:25-26 – 25At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. 26Yes, Father, for this was your good pleasure.
Now is it terrible that in that verse it sounds like God wants the wise and learned to perish. No. The wise and learned should easily know the God exists and have faith in Him. Why don’t they? Pride, anger, special agendas, self seeking, etc, all keep the wise and learned from God. They should see the obvious things around them and recognize God more than a small child would.
Jesus talking about the children again in Matthew 19 says this:
Matthew 19:14 –14Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”
Does He mean only children belong in Heaven? No, what he is implying is we need to humble ourselves like little children when seeking our Father who is in Heaven.
Faith is very important and much power comes from it. Not selfish power, but power that helps the Kingdom of God.
Matthew 17:20 – He replied, “Because you have so little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”
Now there are those who have tried to be abusive when speaking about this kind of faith. Usually it’s in the form of asking for worldly possessions. God will not answer prayer or reward faith that contradicts His Kingdom in any way. However, if you have faith and it is for the goodness in the Kingdom of God, He wants to move mountains. Faith pleases God.
Tomorrow we’ll go over another part of this scripture.