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“So we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. For we walk by faith, not by sight.”
— 2 Corinthians 5:6–7
This song, *Faithful Blues*, draws together several powerful strands of Scripture around one central theme: biblical faith in a faithful God.
It moves from Paul’s declaration, “we walk by faith, not by sight,” to the writer of Hebrews defining faith, to David’s lifelong testimony of God’s faithfulness, to Isaiah’s call to trust in the Lord as the everlasting Rock, and finally to the psalmist’s confession of God as refuge and fortress.
Taken together, these passages outline a very clear spiritual reality:
The song’s repeated chorus—Hebrews 11:1—anchors everything:
> “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.”
> — Hebrews 11:1
If we grasp what true, biblical faith is, we will understand why we can say with Paul: “So we are always confident.”
Let us look carefully at what the Word of God says.
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### 2.1 2 Corinthians 5:6–7 – Walking by Faith, Not by Sight
Paul is writing to the believers in Corinth. In chapter 4 and 5 he is dealing with the reality of suffering, weakness, and mortality. He speaks of having this treasure (the life of Jesus) in jars of clay (our frail bodies), of being afflicted but not crushed, struck down but not destroyed (2 Corinthians 4:7–10).
Then he lifts their eyes to eternity:
> “For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison.”
> — 2 Corinthians 4:17
In chapter 5 he continues:
On this basis Paul says:
> “So we are always confident… For we walk by faith, not by sight.”
> — 2 Corinthians 5:6–7
He is not speaking theory. He writes as a man who has suffered beatings, imprisonment, shipwrecks, hunger, and constant danger. Yet he says, “we are always confident.” Why? Because his confidence is not rooted in what his eyes see, but in what God has said and prepared.
### 2.2 Hebrews 11:1 – The Nature of Faith
Hebrews was written to Jewish believers under pressure—persecution, suffering, temptation to go back to the old system of the Law. The writer is urging them to press on in faith and not draw back.
Hebrews 10:38–39 sets the stage:
> “But my righteous one shall live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him. But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.”
Then he defines faith in Hebrews 11:1 and illustrates it with the lives of Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Moses, and many others who obeyed God purely on His word, often contrary to what they saw.
### 2.3 Psalm 37:25 – The Testimony of a Lifetime
David writes Psalm 37 as an older man, reflecting on the contrast between the wicked and the righteous. He has walked with God through many dangers—giants, betrayal, war, moral failure, family tragedy.
His conclusion:
> “I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his children begging for bread.”
> — Psalm 37:25
He is not naïve. He has seen trouble, but he has never seen God abandon those who truly belong to Him.
### 2.4 Isaiah 26:4 – Trust in the Everlasting Rock
Isaiah 26 is a song of trust in God in the midst of judgment and shaking. The prophet speaks of a strong city whose walls are salvation, of perfect peace for the one whose mind is stayed on the Lord.
At the center stands this call:
> “Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.”
> — Isaiah 26:4
In a world of shifting kingdoms and temporary securities, God alone is the Rock that does not move.
### 2.5 Psalm 91:2 – Refuge and Fortress
Psalm 91 addresses those who dwell in the secret place of the Most High. It describes protection from pestilence, terror, arrows, destruction, and death. But it begins with a confession:
> “I will say to the Lord, ‘My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.’”
> — Psalm 91:2
The psalmist does not merely think this. He says it. He brings his faith into expression.
This is vital. Faith is not passive. Faith speaks.
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### 3.1 “Walk” – *Peripateō* (2 Corinthians 5:7)
“For we walk by faith, not by sight.”
The Greek verb is περιπατέω – peripateō. It literally means:
So Paul is not speaking about a single act of faith, but an entire way of life. Faith is not just for crises or special moments. It is the ongoing, habitual pattern of Christian living.
We could accurately render it: “We conduct our whole way of life on the basis of faith, not on the basis of what we see.”
This directly shapes the lyrics of verse 1 and the outro: “So we are always confident… For we walk by faith, not by sight.” The confidence is continuous because the walk is continuous.
### 3.2 “Faith” – *Pistis* (Hebrews 11:1)
“Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.”
The Greek word is πίστις – pistis. It carries these core ideas:
Hebrews 11:1 uses two key terms about *pistis*:
1. “Assurance” (KJV: “substance”) – *hypostasis*
Faith is the underlying reality that supports what we hope for in God’s promises. It is not wishful thinking; it is a solid, inner grasp of what God has guaranteed.
2. “Conviction” (KJV: “evidence”) – *elegchos*
Faith is an internal, Spirit-given certainty about realities not yet visible to our physical eyes.
So when the chorus repeats:
> “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen,”
it is affirming that:
This is why we can walk “always confident.” Our confidence does not rest on what is seen, but on the hypostasis and elegchos that faith provides.
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### 4.1 Verse 1: “So We Are Always Confident… For We Walk by Faith”
> “So we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. For we walk by faith, not by sight.”
This summarizes Paul’s entire argument in 2 Corinthians 4–5.
Several key truths:
1. We are “at home in the body” but “away from the Lord.”
Our present physical existence is not our final state. There is a tension in the Christian life: we are in the body, but our true home is with the Lord. This demands faith, because:
Faith is what bridges that gap.
2. We are “always confident.”
Notice, Paul does not say “sometimes confident,” or “usually confident.” He says “always.” This is not based on emotions. It is based on knowledge:
> “…knowing that while we are at home in the body…” (v. 6)
Biblical confidence is rooted in what we know from God’s Word, not in what we feel from circumstances.
3. “For we walk by faith, not by sight.”
The word “for” explains the “always confident.” Why can we be always confident? Because we have made a decisive choice:
This is a radical separation from the world’s way of thinking. The world says: “I will believe it when I see it.” Faith says: “I will see it because God has spoken it.”
This verse confronts us with a crucial question:
On what basis do we conduct our lives—on sight or on faith?
### 4.2 Chorus: Hebrews 11:1 – The Inner Reality of Faith
> “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.”
The chorus returns again and again, because everything in the Christian life rests on this definition.
Notice:
Hope, in the Bible, is confident expectation based on God’s promises. Faith gives those hopes substance now.
If you can see it, you do not need faith for it (Romans 8:24). Faith is the means by which we relate to unseen realities: God, heaven, angels, the new creation, our inheritance.
Modern usage often makes “faith” sound vague. Biblical *pistis* is the opposite: solid, robust, certain. It rests on the character of God, who cannot lie (Titus 1:2).
This chorus answers a subtle but deadly error: the idea that faith is mere positive thinking or religious optimism. No. Faith is a God-produced certainty in the inner man, grounded in the Word, confirmed by the Spirit.
### 4.3 Verse 2: The Testimony of David
> “I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his children begging for bread.”
This is not abstract doctrine. This is the testimony of a man who has walked with God across decades.
Consider David’s life:
Through it all, he says: “I have not seen the righteous forsaken.”
Note the contrast:
Faith is not in conflict with reality. Rather:
Psalm 37:25 speaks to a very specific fear: God’s provision. Many believers are tormented with anxiety: “Will God really provide? Will He abandon me? What about my children?”
David’s response, under the inspiration of the Spirit:
This does not mean a life free from testing or seasons of lack. But it does mean: God’s covenant faithfulness will not fail His own.
Hebrews 13:5–6 confirms this:
> “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
> “So we can confidently say, ‘The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?’”
Again, faith produces confident speech.
### 4.4 Bridge: Trust in the Everlasting Rock, Refuge, and Fortress
> “Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.
> He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
Here the song unites Isaiah 26:4 and Psalm 91:2 into a single, powerful confession.
#### 4.4.1 “Trust in the Lord forever” – Isaiah 26:4
The Hebrew word for “trust” here is בָּטַח – batach. It means:
Notice:
Faith does not merely trust God for a moment; it commits to Him forever.
“Everlasting rock” translates צוּר עוֹלָמִים – tsur ‘olamim:
God is not a small stone we carry around. He is the massive, eternal Rock on which everything stands. Kingdoms fall, economies collapse, bodies age, but God remains the same.
#### 4.4.2 “My refuge and my fortress” – Psalm 91:2
Here, faith speaks personally:
> “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
Three important titles:
Faith is not mere assent to doctrine. Faith is personal trust in a personal God, who becomes:
This is spiritual warfare. When fear, accusation, or threat comes, the believer answers, not with feelings, but with confession:
> “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
Revelation 12:11 describes believers overcoming Satan:
> “And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony…”
The bridge of this song is exactly that: the word of our testimony, aligned with the Word of God.
### 4.5 Outro: “So We Are Always Confident”
The song ends where it began:
> “So we are always confident.”
In Scripture, that confidence is called boldness (*parrēsia* in Greek):
This confidence is:
1 John 5:14–15 echoes this:
> “And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us…”
Faith produces confidence. Confidence produces prayer. Prayer brings manifestation of what was first unseen.
So the journey in this song is:
“So we are always confident.”
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Faith is not theory. It is a walk. Here are four practical steps.
### 5.1 First: Decide to Walk by Faith, Not by Sight
This begins with a decision of the will.
You must say to God:
You align with 2 Corinthians 5:7:
> “For we walk by faith, not by sight.”
This will be tested. Circumstances will contradict the promises. But faith holds to the Word, even when:
Faith says: “God’s Word is final.”
### 5.2 Second: Feed Your Faith on the Word
Faith does not grow on emotion. It grows on Scripture.
Romans 10:17:
> “So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.”
If you do not regularly feed on the Word, you cannot walk steadily by faith.
Very practically:
The lyrics of *Faithful Blues* themselves can become part of this discipline. You are simply singing Scripture back to God and to your own soul.
### 5.3 Third: Confess the Word with Your Mouth
Faith must be spoken.
Psalm 91:2:
> “I will say to the Lord, ‘My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.’”
Notice: “I will say.” Not “I will think,” but “I will say.”
To walk by faith:
For example:
Proverbs 18:21:
> “Death and life are in the power of the tongue…”
Use your tongue to agree with God, not with fear, doubt, or the devil.
### 5.4 Fourth: Act in Line with What You Believe
Faith is completed by action.
James 2:17:
> “So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.”
Faith:
If you say God is your refuge, then when trouble comes:
If you say God will provide:
If you say you walk by faith and not by sight:
Faith that does not change your behavior is not biblical faith.
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### 6.1 Proclamation
Speak this aloud, slowly and deliberately:
**“I choose to walk by faith and not by sight.
I have the assurance of things hoped for and the conviction of things not seen.
The Lord is my everlasting Rock; I trust in Him forever.
I declare that I have not been and will not be forsaken,
for I am the righteousness of God in Christ.
The Lord is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.
Because of His Word and His faithfulness,
I am always confident, in every situation,
in life and in death, in abundance and in lack.
My confidence is not in what I see, but in who He is.
Amen.”**
### 6.2 Prayer
Lord God,
You are the everlasting Rock, the refuge and fortress of Your people.
Forgive me for the times I have walked by sight, ruled by fear, feelings, and circumstances.
I renounce every agreement with unbelief, doubt, and anxiety.
By Your Holy Spirit, write Your Word deep in my heart.
Produce in me the true faith that is assurance and conviction of unseen realities.
Teach me to trust You in every season—young and old, in plenty and in want.
I declare that I belong to You, and You will not forsake the righteous.
Train my tongue to speak Your Word, my mind to think Your thoughts,
and my will to act in obedience to what You have spoken.
From this day, enable me to walk steadily by faith, not by sight,
that my life may be a testimony, like David and Paul,
to Your unfailing faithfulness.
In the name of Jesus, the Author and Finisher of my faith.
Amen.
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