The call to have "faith" is not a call to blind belief or baseless trust. It's reckoning God as trustworthy and reliable based on His past track record. How can we be confident He'll do everything He's promised? Because of what He's already accomplished and fulfilled in the past.   The primary way we grow in faith is not through wishful thinking or teeth-gritting. It's as simple as opening the Scriptures and reminding ourselves of how He promised things and perfectly fulfilled them. We grow in confidence as we anticipate promises yet to come to pass.  -Joshua Hawkins