Important as faith is, let us not get stuck on just looking at faith. A couple of years ago I was doing some spring cleaning at our cabin in the San Juans. We often have eagles that hover over our house because we are on a high bank and in strong winds the updraft makes for a great place for the eagles to hang out. One day when I was washing the windows I did not see three grand bald eagles that were hanging just above us until Carolyn pointed them out. I was looking at the glass not through the glass and almost missed the glorious view of those huge majestic bald eagles above us.
Faith is like that window.
The purpose of a window is to see through it to the view beyond. By faith we see God in Jesus Christ. God rewards those who seek him. God has given us enough light to find him and that light is found in the Word of God that points to Jesus Christ. Faith is the assurance, reality, substance of all we have hoped for in God's future.