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that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.”
Romans 14:23, “But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because
his eating is not from faith; and whatever is not from faith is sin.” 2
Corinthians 5:7, “For we walk by faith, not by sight…” Galatians
3:11, “Now that no one is justified by the Law before God is evident;
for, ‘The righteous man shall live by faith.’” All of that is to say
faith is very important. If you don’t have it, you can’t please God.
Faith is reckoned as righteousness.

If you tried to study faith in the Bible you would see how large that
is. We could talk about faith as a gift from God. We could talk
about God being the author and finisher of faith. We could discuss
how it’s reckoned as righteousness. We could talk about it being
“the substance of things hoped for and evidence of things not seen.”
We could talk about “mustard seed” faith. We could relate faith to
works. We could talk about the difference between faith and
presumption. We could contrast it with the law. You get the idea.

Faith is not defined in the Bible. It’s described in many ways but it
is not defined; faith is looking, faith is trusting, faith is eating, faith
is drinking, faith is receiving, faith is abiding. It’s so big that it’s
hard to say, “This is the foundation.” So, I thought I would share
two stories with you. The first story, in my understanding, describes
what faith is and what it is not. The second story describes how I
know that I’m trusting God. How do I know that I have faith?

The first story that describes what faith is and what it isn’t is the
story of the disciples on the stormy sea. That’s in Mark 6. In the
second story I’ll only be looking at one part of it; the woman that
touched the hem of the garment of our Lord Jesus.

Mark 6:45-52, “And immediately He made His disciples get into the
boat and go ahead of Him to the other side to Bethsaida, while He
Himself was sending the multitude away. And after bidding them
farewell, He departed to the mountain to pray. And when it was
evening, the boat was in the midst of the sea, and He was alone on