As we go through life we make choices...[ Not a new revelation..:-) ] We choose somethings on purpose,deliberately, and ---by default neglect others... kind of like those online tests where you can only choose one answer, and if you try to choose two, one of them gets unclicked ....you know what I mean? Ex: Button clicked: " spend lots of time at work or away from family"--> button unclicked: "build strong relationship with spouse and/or loved ones

Other tests, however, automatically choose a second button for you when you click on the first one. Ex: click on "exercise"--> the "get fit" button gets clicked, or click on "read Bible, and associate with other believers"---> the "increase your faith" button gets clicked. :-)

Sounds simple? It is!

God had Paul write in Hebrews: "Faith comes through hearing, and hearing through the word of God"--Romans10:17
In Hebrews 11 we have the great "hall of Faith"....yes, the faith was given to them-- not their own works that any should boast--.
To Nicodemus, Jesus said, to be like a little child and be born again---
Have you seen the faith of children, their tenderness?
It IS simple!--- yeah--- I know what you are thinking, if you are still reading---"You first have to believe the Bible"--- Authorship is tied to credibility--- Right! That's why we need faith--- we are skeptics, wise in our own eyes!
Wise men sought Him, and still do.... Those "wise in their own eyes" hardened their hearts toward Him. [( click button: "worldly wisdom"-
and another one clicks----> "hardening of heart toward God")....
Romans11:25.]

One of my favorite verses was Jim Elliot's favorite: I Cor 3:18-20 "Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God.."
Yes, my dear family, "He is no fool, who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose"--Jim Elliot's translation of the above.

May WE grow in wisdom and faith today and throughout our lives, for the good of others and to God's glory