Now the just shall live by faith:

—  Hebrews 10:38a

The day that you received Jesus as your Lord and Savior you were justified by the Blood (Rom. 5:9).  You were made righteous and just before God.  Sin is no longer separating you from an intimate relationship with God; you have been made just or innocent in His sight.  The born-again person or the just person should now live in a different way.  The just shall live, or have his life sustained, by faith.  Faith is simply putting God and His Word in first place in your life.  Believing what God has said about you, others, and circumstances will take you to a place of living beyond the natural, beyond the ordinary.  So if we are to live by faith and not just try it out, we need to study about faith and learn about it every day of our lives.  The just can live in many ways, but in order to live on top, to live in victory, to live pleasing to God-–the just shall live by faith.  Start to study about faith; learn to live God’s way.  The old way of life will no longer work for you.  God has made a new way of life available to the believer-–His way, the higher way, the best way.  The just shall live by faith!

And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be:  for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.

— Deuteronomy 32:20

In the Old Testament God had to deal with a people who had no faith.  They were not born again, not regenerated in spirit, but were still living with an old sin nature.  These people were living by fear rather than by faith.  God could not have a face-to-face relationship with them.  He could not be intimate and close to them.  He would have to sit back and watch them get into a mess; then when they called out to Him, He would come and rescue them.  Many Christians live the same way today–-going along, doing their own thing, until they get in trouble; then they call out to God and He rescues them.  But there is a better way to live in this day, a way to avoid and stay out of messes.  You can now live by faith and be led by the Word and the Spirit of God.  Faith will put you on top and faith will keep you on top.  Faith will remove fear out of your life; it will replace the spirit of fear with the Spirit of faith.  You will no longer wonder where you are headed–-you will know, and believe in your outcome.  We are no longer a people who have no faith.  We are faith people, a just people who can now live daily God’s way!  Faith came to us when the Word came.  Jesus brought faith to mankind so we could live a daily, overcoming lifestyle!

The just shall live by faith.

— Galatians 3:11b

Here we see for a second time in the Scriptures God telling us that the just shall live by faith.  In order for you to “live” by faith, there must be some teaching and training in the “how-to” of faith.  People make a living in the natural as doctors, electricians, plumbers, builders, and many other occupations, but none will be successful without training.  Many go to school for years and spend a lot of money to be able to live and survive in their jobs.  Yet people in the church spend little time to study and to get proficient in their spiritual way of life-–faith.  We need to discover what faith is, how we get it, how we use it, what it will do, and why it is important.  Faith to a believer is a way of life, not a subject or a topic.  Faith is not a way of getting things from God; it is a way of living in and enjoying what God has already given us.  I live by faith!  I raise my children by faith, I work at my job by faith, I deal with my money by faith, I live by faith in my marriage.  I make every decision by faith, I think faith, I talk faith, my life is sustained by faith.  Why?  Because faith is God’s way–-faith is the best way.  Make a decision today to live by faith.  Ask the Holy Spirit to show you how you can live in the Word and let the Word live in you.  He is the Spirit of faith and desires you to live a life of faith.

So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

— Romans 10:17

Here is the real key to living by faith:  hearing the Word of God.  Notice, it is not just hearing any Word, but hearing the Word of God.  Words will transport spiritual things into your life.  Words can bring joy and peace, but words can also bring fear and worry.  You must be selective in what you are hearing.  Faith will only come and be increased by hearing the Word of God.  We know we have been given the measure of faith, so faith never goes from us.  Sometimes we think if we hear the Word, faith comes, but if we don’t, faith goes.  No, faith is part of your make-up, part of your divine nature.  One translation says that faith is “awakened” by hearing the Word of God.  The faith that is in you will awaken, will come alive in you, as you sit under the Word.  When you hear God’s Word on healing, the faith for living a healed life will awaken in you.  When you hear the Word of God on prosperity, the faith for a prosperous life will awaken in you.  You dare not go one day with sleeping faith.  In order for your faith to be awake and alive daily, you need to hear, and hear, and hear the Word of God–-daily.  Commit to a life in the Word!  Make the spiritual food of the Word as necessary as the food you eat in the natural.  Fast from words of fear, doubt, and unbelief, and go ahead and overeat God’s Word!