Faith

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Faith counts on God, not simply in spite of difficulty, but in spite of impossibility.
Faith is not concerned about means, but it counts on the promise of God. To the natural man, the believer may seem to lack prudence. Nevertheless, from the moment it becomes a question of means which render the thing easy to man, it is no longer God acting. It is no longer His work where means are looked to.
When, with man, there is impossibility, God must come in. Faith has reference to His will and to that only, thus it consults neither about means nor circumstances; in other words, it consults not with flesh and blood.
When faith is weak, external means are beforehand reckoned on in the work of God. Let us remember that when things are feasible to man, there is no longer need of the energy of the Spirit.
"Without faith it is impossible to please
Him: for he that cometh to God must believe
that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them
that diligently seek Him.”