Many will remember a time when bankers didn’t always require proof of collateral.

The bankers and customers lived, worked and worshiped in the same small towns. Trusting the reputations of loan applicants they had faith in receiving promised payments. Deals were closed with confidence and a firm handshake.

Faith is a firm foundation.

“Now faith is the certainty of things hoped for, a proof of things not seen (Hebrews 11:1 NASB).”

That Bible verse is a brief scripture passage but is long on life lessons.

Faith…God’s saving grace works through a person’s faith.

“For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not a result of works, so that no one may boast (Ephesians 2:8-9 NASB).”

I have faith in the unseen.

“Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer person is decaying, yet our inner person is being renewed day by day. For our momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison, while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal (2 Corinthians 4:16-18 NASB).”

Lord, I believe.

Jesus said, “My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. I and the Father are one (John 10:29-30 NASB).”

My future is safe in God’s hands. You can bank on it!

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