What is faith? Hebrews 11:1 says it well: it calls faith the evidence, the proof, of what is not yet there. To relate it to everyday things, it is like going to rent a flat without gathering the money first. Many would see that as unwise and impractical. Didn’t he count the cost? Mere desires don’t produce lasting drives, you know!
Abraham looked for a city whose builder and maker was God, even when it didn’t really make sense, since Utopia doesn’t exist. Or does it? Today it is written in Romans 4: he never staggered! Faith never really makes sense to everyday people. It is not just hope, but expecting and believing the receipt of the unseen.
Quit accepting the devil’s call for rationality in view of your acts of faith. He only offers unbelief, doubts and fears.
Faith brings us to the reality that truly is: God! In our world today, the word of Scripture holds true: “The just shall live by faith.”
Shalom.