Let me share with you some images in regard to FAB. No, not the present-day laundry detergent that comes in liquid or powder form. And not the anti-bacterial laundry detergent that you can still find on the shelves. Are you still guessing about FAB? Well, it is not the washing power that I remember back in the third grade at my house, back in the days. Back then, as a child not yet in the fourth grade, FAB at my house served multiple purposes. Laundry was done by hand, dishes were washed in the kitchen sink, linoleum floors were moped, and the concrete porch was cleaned off with FAB. Since seven is symbolically thought of in terms of completeness, let me list three more ways that FAB was used at my childhood home on the westside of town. It was used to take the Saturday night bubble baths, soak up the ground to make worms come to the surface, and to play creative bubble games. We used FAB, but that is not the image of FAB I want you to see today.
What I want you to see in your mind is an image of a large acronym that cannot be discredited and should not be discarded. I want you to see FAB; see the fact that “Faith’s Always Best!” As you read the passage below, taken from Hebrews 11, think about the unbelievable things that became believable in history, because of faith. After reading the passage below, realizing that all Scripture is profitable, think about the things you are going to accomplish because of faith, today and during all your tomorrows. Remember FAB, “Faith’s Always Best.” Make the choice to do a better job to walk by faith and not by sight. Is that okay? I’m not kidding now. We all have to choose to operate in faith. FAB! Have a wonderful Thursday! Stay God-conscious! Have a FAB attitude and experience triumph! Read on! Read the rest of Hebrews 11 at lunch! Be blessed!
“Faith shows the reality of what we hope for; it is the evidence of things we cannot see. Through their faith, the people in days of old earned a good reputation. By faith we understand that the entire universe was formed at God’s command, that what we now see did not come from anything that can be seen. It was by faith that Abel brought a more acceptable offering to God than Cain did. Abel’s offering gave evidence that he was a righteous man, and God showed his approval of his gifts. Although Abel is long dead, he still speaks to us by his example of faith. It was by faith that Enoch was taken up to heaven without dying—“he disappeared, because God took him.” For before he was taken up, he was known as a person who pleased God. And it is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who wants to come to him must believe that God exists and that he rewards those who sincerely seek him. It was by faith that Noah built a large boat to save his family from the flood. He obeyed God, who warned him about things that had never happened before. By his faith Noah condemned the rest of the world, and he received the righteousness that comes by faith. It was by faith that Abraham obeyed when God called him to leave home and go to another land that God would give him as his inheritance. He went without knowing where he was going. And even when he reached the land God promised him, he lived there by faith—for he was like a foreigner, living in tents. And so did Isaac and Jacob, who inherited the same promise. Abraham was confidently looking forward to a city with eternal foundations, a city designed and built by God. It was by faith that even Sarah was able to have a child, though she was barren and was too old. She believed that God would keep his promise. And so a whole nation came from this one man who was as good as dead—a nation with so many people that, like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore, there is no way to count them.” (Hebrews 11:1-11 NLT)
Still committed to the climb,
Mark L. King