"Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will
actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see."
It
is summer and the time for conferences, expositions and seminars. The Apple
World Wide Developers Conference just ended and the Google IO Conference is
coming up. I've have a number of people reach to me about these meetings
and others trying to get credentials and passes to get in. It seems like
there is always someone who wants to get into something that they can't.
Of course, being able to walk past security with the highest level of
credentials is a great feeling. Years ago my friend Jeff and I were given
passes to a Lollapalooza concert. We didn't know what level of access the
credentials would get us until we just kept trying to act like we knew what we
were doing, flashing our credentials to security until someone would stop
us. Once we were standing in the wings of the stage talking to Dave
Navarro from Jane's Addiction, we realized that we had an all-access
pass. Everyone likes to have credentials and in our businesses we can
take a lesson from this in how we give access to the inner workings to our
employees, our customers and our investors. When these constituencies
feel "credentialed" their support level goes up.
How
great it is to know that God has provided us all the credentials we need to
enter His Kingdom with acceptance and faith in His Son, Jesus. It is with
our faith that we can have full confidence and live our lives knowing that we
have the most amazing credentials available in this life. So, as we move
through this day and week, we need to do so with confidence and assurance that
our God delivers on all that He has promised. When we don't, we are weakening
to others the credential that God has given to us. Let's not be ones that
let that happen.
Reference:
Hebrews 11:1 (New Living Translation)
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