Hebrews 11:1

"Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we don't see"

What do we put our faith in?  If you don't have faith in Jesus Christ and WHO He is, and WHAT He has done for you, then your faith is dead.  Nonexistent.  And you are a dead man walking.  There is no life without Jesus Christ, He IS life...and so life without him is void.

Okay, so what about hope?
Hope in this passage is not the wishy-washy "I wish for" kind of hope...it's not "I hope I get to heaven someday"...that type of wish is for something that may or may not happen-
"I hope to be married,"  "I hope to one day have children"
NO!  This hope is secure, it's concrete. 
This hope is the promise of something better, something greater on the other side of heaven when we are done with this world.  It's not the hope of something that MIGHT happen, it's the promise of something that ALREADY HAPPENED!
Hallelujah!

Certain of what we don't see is not only "things to come" later, it's also NOW.  I am certain that Christ dwells within me.  I am CERTAIN that God still has authority over this world and that He is still in control.  I KNOW with all of me that He has authority over me and that my eternal place is secure because He secured it for me.  So, I am certain, I know, I put my faith in something I don't "see."  My life should reflect that certainty, true mark of a believer, when people can "see" what "we can't see" within me.  (Still working on that, a lifelong process, and praise God that He continues to work with me.)

So Faith, true faith, faith in Jesus Christ and His righteousness - means we are sure, we KNOW- every fiber in our being KNOWS  that there is something better to come, and that His authority is past, PRESENT and future--JESUS is in the middle of it all.  That gives me a "spiritual lift" when I can embrace that security that we have, and helps me with my fears of this world when I can embrace that Christ's authority over the storms, over diseases, over DEATH is no less powerful than when His sandals touched the sand two thousand years ago.

Hallelujah!