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A prayer for faith and understanding by Dick Woodward. I would have lost heart unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.

Psalm 2713.

As we ponder the definition of faith, we hear 713.

As we ponder the definition of faith, we hear it said that believing is seeing.

When I see it, I'll believe it is the way some would put it.

In the verse quoted above, David clearly writes that we believe first

and then our believing leads us to seeing what we believe. Biblical faith always has an unseen object.

According to other scriptures, there will always be evidence of the unseen object of our faith exists.

But when our faith is biblical faith, the object of that faith will be unseen.

Seeing does not lead to believing because we already have the object of our faith when we see

it, but believing does lead to seeing, according to David and the other authors of the Bible.

A rural pastor told his people that when they invited him home for dinner after church,

he was always hoping they would have southern fried chicken.

If he had no reason to believe that would be on the menu he could only hope there would be chicken for dinner.

But when he came into their home, if he smelled chicken,

and if he saw from the living room chicken gravy

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