Audacious Faith Sample

Audacious faith focuses on God’s promises. 

Audacious: showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks.

Faith: complete trust or confidence in someone or something.

No cap, would you say you have audacious faith? Do you have a faith willing to take risks? A guy in the Old Testament named Joshua did.

This doesn’t mean he lived recklessly. But it does mean he lived in a way that wasn’t always comfortable and didn’t always make sense to those around him. Sometimes it meant going against popular opinion.

God had promised the Israelites the land of Canaan; all they had to do was take it. Unfortunately, when Moses sent a group of spies to check out the land, the majority of the spies only saw how things could go wrong. Despite everything they had seen God do in their lives, God’s people let their fear outweigh their faith. Joshua and his friend, Caleb, were the only ones who saw the situation differently. 

“If the Lord is pleased with us, He will lead us into that land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and will give it to us. Only do not rebel against the Lord. And do not be afraid of the people of the land, because we will swallow them up. Their protection is gone, but the Lord is with us. Do not be afraid of them.”

Joshua and Caleb saw the potential of the land because they were looking at it through the lens of what God had promised. It doesn’t mean the situation wasn’t overwhelming or scary. Joshua and Caleb didn’t pretend the bad stuff didn’t exist. That stuff just wasn’t their main focus — God’s promise was. And because of this faith, Joshua and Caleb saw the promise come to pass. 

What are some promises God has given that you can focus on today?