Decide to Believe in Jesus
You believe in God by choosing to believe in God. It is a decision that only you can make. No one can make that decision for you, but no one can stop you from making it. Always remember that. You can decide to believe in God anytime you want to. And believing is how you interact with God. Faith is how we serve God and please God.
Faith is the foundation of the Christian faith “Now faith is the substance of things we hope for, the evidence of things we do not see. For by faith the elders obtained a good testimony. By faith we understand that the worlds were made by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible. By faith Abel sacrificed to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and through it he being dead still speaks. By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death, and was not found, because God had taken him; for before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pleased God. But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him” (Hebrews 11:1-6).
Salvation is from faith to faith (Romans 1:17). Jesus is the author and finisher of our faith. “And so we also, because we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily entraps us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of God’s throne” (Hebrews 12:1-2).
This means that living for God begins with faith and it ends with faith. You start by believing in Jesus and you end by believing in Jesus. And believing in Jesus is a decision. It is putting all of your trust and all of your heart into accepting that He is who He claimed to be. Accepting Christ means to give Him your life. You turn everything over to Him.
Your life is to be about Jesus. And by living our lives for Jesus, we believe God and we are ready to meet God. Jesus is the one who can get you in. He is the one who see us. He is the one who can save you. Without Him, we are lost. There is no hope without Christ. But with Christ, everything is going to be fine. Everything will be alright. If you have Jesus as your Lord and Savior, you will go into the next life and live forever in bliss and glory. It is Christ who is salvation.
Dewayne Dunaway
