Faith makes a marriage work. It's an invisible but active ingredient in a marriage that is growing spiritually. It's the catalyst that causes you to implement biblical principles into your relationship, trusting God to use your obedience to build oneness. Many people, however, would find it difficult to give a true biblical definition of faith. Some people use the word almost as a substitute for "belief," as in, "I am part of the Christian faith, while my neighbor is part of the Muslim faith." And cynical secularists claim that faith in Christ involves a blind belief.
I like the definition of faith provided by my friend Ney Bailey in her book, Faith Is Not a Feeling: "Faith is believing God's Word is more true than anything you think, see or feel." That's what the writer of Hebrews meant when he described faith as "the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen."
A small boy in England was asked by a scientist to be lowered down on a rope over the side of a cliff to recover some important specimens. "We will pay you greatly," he said. The boy said sternly, "No."
The scientist attempted to persuade him by explaining how the mechanism would work. The boy only consented when his father agreed to hold the rope. You see faith is only as good as its object. And that boy didn't know those other people. He wanted his father holding the rope.
The object of our faith is God and His Word. You have got to place your trust in what God has said, and to do that you need to know Him. And if you don't know what He has said in His Word, how can you believe?
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