Hoping and wishing have now become synonymous with faith, leaving many attempting to muster up some great mental power in order to achieve results. But faith, very simple, is just accepting what God says to be true. Since God is unlimited and unbounded, faith in Him, therefore, takes away all human limitations. Faith in God requires faith in His Word. For He is His Word, as His Word expresses His mind and His purpose.
Word is the basis of the believer s confidence.
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Faith in God s Word provides substance or tangible evidence to the hope and expectation of the believer. Hope, without any basis of truth, is nothing more than guessing, at best. Many people, have mis-directed hope. Biblical hope, however, is nothing less than confident assurance in God.