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William Douglas and Rubens Teixeira: The 25 Biblical Laws of Partnership with God Devotional Day 2

“The Law of Faith”

Scripture reading: Hebrews 11

The first step for establishing a partnership with God is to believe that God exists and that he is willing to develop common projects with us. This is faith. As the Bible says, “Anyone who comes to [God] must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him” (Heb. 11:6 NIV).

In the Old Testament book of Exodus, we read that Moses and the people of Israel stood facing the Red Sea when Pharaoh’s army overtook them. At that moment, some wanted to surrender and return to slavery; others considered killing themselves. But Moses confidently prayed for God’s help. God’s answer, a mixture of reprimand and instruction about how to act, couldn’t have been stronger: “Why do you cry out to me? Tell the Israelites to go forward. But you lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, that the Israelites may go into the sea on dry ground” (Exod. 14:15–16 NRSV).

Praying and just standing there, waiting for God’s providence, was the solution the confident Moses envisioned—but it was not the divine solution. God wanted the people to walk. More than that, he wanted them to walk toward the sea. Faith that walks sometimes achieves that which seems impossible. When Moses obeyed, he discovered the fact that the sea couldn’t resist those who marched in its direction. And the Hebrews boldly walked through the middle of the sea. 

You don’t need to be a saint to apply the Law of Faith. You just need to listen to God’s instruction and be willing to walk toward the sea, to go deeper toward something you want. Faith is hearing God’s command and moving forward in obedience. It doesn’t matter if your objective is to change the world, to please God, or to improve your quality of life; having faith is essential for taking the first step and for experiencing the spiritual laws described in this book.

One of the cornerstones of neurolinguistics is that we need to believe in order to see. In other words, we need to have faith—to put something into practice—to get answers and results. Maybe this is what Jesus calls faith the size of a mustard seed: “Truly I tell you, 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” (Matt. 17:20 NIV). Faith, no matter how small, moves mountains.

Faith is not the belief that God will do what you want. It is the belief that God will do what is right.

—Max Lucado