Question:  Dear Greg,

            Near the end of one of your radio programs you said, “faith is not for the fainthearted”!  Persistent anxiety has ruined my life.  Biblical and medical applications have failed to rid me of it.  Is salvation possible for the fainthearted?

            Lee

Answer:  Dear Lee,

            The faith of which I spoke is a gift of God, a product of what he does within us.  We do not have to worry about trying to muster up faith—God’s faith is a gift.  “Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength.  They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint” (Isaiah 40:31).

            Entrance into God’s Hall of Faith is by God’s grace, not by our human efforts and abilities.  God knows our frame and he understands our weaknesses.  Though we are weak he makes us strong (see 2 Corinthians 12:7-10).

            In Christ,

            Greg Albrecht