Eyes of Faith

Romans 1:17 "For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith."

I felt this scripture so strongly in prayer the other day. I looked up the word "just". It means "guided by truth, reason, justice, and fairness". Another meaning was "in accordance with standards or requirements".

Of course, to understand faith we have to go to the faith chapter. Hebrews 11:1 (and I love the Amplified version) "NOW FAITH is the assurance (the confirmation, the title deed) of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of things [we] do not see and the conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses].

So... if I understand this right, part of being just (living according to God's standard/His requirement) is... we don't get to fully know the whole picture but believe it anyway! ...seeing it as though it were already done.

What is time to God? He is not bound by time as we are. He knows the end from the beginning. Whatever answer or miracle we may need... it is already performed. He encompasses all time... It is already done--we just have to move forward until we step into the reality of it... when it will actually be manifested to our human senses! We don't get all He has intended sometimes because we don't accept all He has planned... we don't see it big enough! Our ceiling is His floor (heard that this weekend & thought it was such a cool way to describe our vision!).

Real faith accepts the answer though we don't see it in the physical. Lord, give us eyes of faith!