"Faith Means We Are Persuaded"

When you look at some of the actions performed by those that had put their faith in God, you will realize that they were persuaded in their hearts that God was in control. Noah was persuaded that God was going to bring the flood. Abraham was persuaded that God was going to provide for him a land, and decedents more numerous to count. Rahab was persuaded that God was going to deliver her people into the hand of Israel. David was persuaded that God would deliver Goliath into his hand. All of the saints of old were persuaded that God was in control, and that He would be able to perform mighty works. What are you persuaded of? Are you persuaded that 'All things work for the good'? Because, if we are persuaded in something, it really means, that we have no doubt that it is so. I can't help but think of Joseph, who was not only persuaded by his own dreams, but was confident in the gift that God had given him to interpret the dreams of others also. What faith it must have taken to stand before Pharaoh and interpret the dreams of one who could hold his interpretations to the fire. Yet, with great boldness, Joseph declared to Pharaoh what his dreams meant; and then went on to lay out a plan before Pharaoh, which would bring about deliverance from the famines that were ahead. Or, what about Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; who declared with boldness that they were not careful to answer King Nebuchadnezzar in the matter of whether or not they would worship the image that he had made. They were persuaded... "For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor, any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the Love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 8:38 & 39)