Timothy J. KellerIt is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you.
About This Quote
In the book of Exodus, God presented Moses with a burning bush. The bush was on fire and Moses asked what it was. God said, “Do not draw near here. Take your sandals off your feet; for the place where you stand is holy ground.” Then God continued, “I have seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and I have heard their cry because of their taskmasters.
Moreover, I know their sorrows; I am aware of their sufferings, as if I were present when they suffered them. For I know how frail human beings are; I also know that they are unable to endure this affliction without succumbing; just as a body without spirit is dead, so one afflicted with grief is dead. For this reason I have come to rescue them from the hand of those who are inflicting death upon them; for I am the Lord, their God, who has brought them out of the land of Egypt.” Once again, God uses language familiar to us today: “My people will not be punished forever…I will bring them back to this land.” Here we see that faith is not about not falling down or falling apart but rising up every time we fall down.
Faith is about knowing that God will never give up on us and that He always has our best interests at heart.
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