Augustine on Faith September 5
Here’s quote #2 from the bottom of my emails. It’s about faith and it’s from Augustine:
God is not a deceiver, that he should offer to support us,
and then, when we lean upon Him, should slip away from us.
Faith is a huge subject.
So all I will say is that this particular quote from Augustine reminds me of an image that I’ve heard to describe faith: it’s like the thing we do every time we sit down and put simple trust in a chair - especially when some of us lean back on a chair’s rear two legs.
“Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.”-Hebrews 11:1
That definition of faith in Hebrews comes before a long example list of people who exercised it. These men leaned on God to provide for promises that he made; the “things hoped for” and “not seen”.
Back to the quote from Augustine; May I lean on God, the creator of everything, for everything. May I not lean on myself or any thing to provide me with joy, direction, or fulfillment. I lean on God alone. He is not a deceiver. I know that; “He who calls you is faithful, and he will do it.” -1 Thessalonians 5:24