Faith

At our staff meeting devotional last week, JtM read a passage about faith. It said that faith is gate, goal and bedrock.

Think about that. Faith is the gate. It is how we enter the kingdom of God. It is the gate to becoming a part of the body of Christ. How else is faith a gate?

Faith is the goal. Does faith come to us complete? I don't think so. We begin our faith journeys through prevenient grace, with God leading us to faith. God matures our faith through sanctification. Faith is the goal.

Isn't it interesting that faith is both the gate and the goal? It is the way and it is where we are going.

Faith is the bedrock. It is the ground upon which we stand. It is the firm support for our lives.

Faith -- gate, goal and bedrock. The way, the truth and the life.