Qualities of a Certain Woman: Faith
A Certain Woman is a woman of faith.
She does not have to see everything before she believes God.
She does not have to understand everything before she trusts Him.
And she does not have to know where the road will lead before she takes the step He has asked her to take.
Faith may not have been the first quality we discussed, but it has quietly been present in every one of them.
Faith receives forgiveness.
Faith turns in repentance.
Faith produces obedience.
Faith bows in humility.
Faith endures through longsuffering.
And faith expresses itself through love and devotion.
Underneath the walk of a Certain Woman is a heart that has decided:
I believe God.
Faith Is More Than Believing That God Exists
Scripture tells us:
“But 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.”
— Hebrews 11:6
Faith begins with believing that God is. Then learning to Believe Him.
She believes His Word.
She believes His character.
She believes His promises.
She believes His warnings.
She believes that when He says something is good, it is good.
And when He says something will bring destruction, she trusts Him enough to stay away from it.
Faith is not merely acknowledging God’s existence.
Faith is placing the weight of your life upon the truth of who He is.
Faith Trusts God When She Cannot See
Scripture says:
“For we walk by faith, not by sight.”
— 2 Corinthians 5:7
There will be seasons when a Certain Woman cannot see what God is doing.
She may pray and see no immediate answer.
She may obey and still encounter difficulty.
She may leave something behind without knowing what waits ahead.
She may receive a promise while everything around her appears to contradict it.
This is where faith becomes more than something she says she has.
It becomes something she must walk in.
Faith says:
• I do not see it, but I trust You.
• I do not understand it, but I trust You.
• I do not know how You will do it, but I trust You.
• I do not know when the answer will come, but I trust You.
Faith does not require God to explain Himself before she obeys Him.
It trusts the One who already knows the end from the beginning.
Faith Moves
Faith is not passive.
When God told Abraham to leave his country, Abraham went.
“By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.”
— Hebrews 11:8
Notice what Scripture says:
He went out, not knowing.
He did not have every detail.
He did not have the entire map.
He had a word from God.
And that was enough to move him.
This is why faith and obedience are so closely connected.
Faith believes God.
Obedience acts upon what faith believes.
A Certain Woman understands that sometimes the evidence of her faith will simply be the step she takes because God told her to take it.
Faith Is Tested
Faith sounds beautiful until it has to wait.
Until the prayer has not yet been answered.
Until the door has not yet opened.
Until circumstances look different from what God promised.
Until obedience costs something.
Scripture says:
“Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.”
— James 1:3
A tested faith is not an abandoned faith.
Sometimes the testing is revealing whether our confidence was in God—or merely in receiving the outcome we wanted from Him.
A Certain Woman must learn the difference between:
“I trust God because He gave me what I asked for,”
and
“I trust God because He is God.”
That second kind of faith can survive the waiting.
It can survive disappointment.
It can survive uncertainty.
It can survive seasons when heaven seems quiet.
Because its foundation is not an outcome.
Its foundation is Him.
Faith Remembers
Faith has to remember so that it can keep moving forward.
Israel was repeatedly commanded to remember what the Lord had done for them.
And throughout Scripture, God’s people rehearsed His faithfulness from one generation to another.
There will be moments when a Certain Woman must remind herself:
He brought me through before.
She remembers the prayers He answered.
The doors He opened.
The dangers He kept her from.
The provision she did not know was coming.
The strength that appeared when she thought she had none left.
When she cannot yet see what He is doing ahead of her, she remembers what He has already done behind her.
And she keeps walking.
Faith does not always roar.
Sometimes faith trembles and still says yes.
Sometimes faith cries and still obeys.
Sometimes faith has questions and still refuses to walk away from God.
That is faith too.
A Certain Woman Lives by Faith
Scripture says:
“Now the just shall live by faith…”
— Hebrews 10:38
Not visit faith occasionally.
Not use faith only when there is a crisis.
Live by faith.
Faith becomes the posture from which she approaches her entire life.
She prays because she believes He hears.
She obeys because she believes His way is right.
She repents because she believes His mercy is real.
She waits because she believes His timing is wiser than hers.
She endures because she believes His promises.
She worships because she believes He is worthy.
And when she falls, she gets back up because she believes His grace is greater than her failure.
A Certain Woman does not know everything that tomorrow holds.
She simply knows the One who holds tomorrow.
And she has learned that He can be trusted.
Reflection
Beloved sister,
Where is your faith being asked to stand today?
Is there something God has spoken that circumstances have made difficult to believe?
Is there an act of obedience you have delayed because you cannot see what will happen afterward?
Or perhaps you are simply tired of waiting.
Do not measure God’s faithfulness by what you can see in this moment.
Remember who He is.
Remember what He has already done.
And if your faith feels small today, bring even that small faith to Him.
You do not have to know how everything will work out.
You only have to know Who you are trusting.
Closing Prayer
Father,
Strengthen my faith in You.
Teach me not merely to believe that You exist, but to believe Your Word, trust Your character, and rest in Your faithfulness.
When I cannot see, help me trust.
When I do not understand, help me obey.
When I am afraid, remind me that You are near.
When I grow weary in waiting, bring Your faithfulness back to my remembrance.
Help me to walk by faith and not by sight.
And if unbelief ever rises within me, let the cry of my heart remain:
Lord, I believe; help Thou mine unbelief.
Form in me the heart of a Certain Woman—
a woman who believes You, trusts You, follows You, and remains faithful to You even when she cannot see the road ahead.
Amen.
