Whose faith is it anyway?A quick reminder of our definition of faith:Faith is putting your undivided confidence in God, and then resting in Him.One of the most important things to remember is that our faith comes from GOD, NOT from us. When we reflect back on the “heroes of faith” from the last two weeks we see lots of victory, victory that came through faith, victory that we have the comfort of viewing with the outcome already known. In today’s passage we see both victory defeat. We see nameless people who have received much and been through much, but we also see many who faced some of the cruelest punishment this world has to offer. Once again we need to understand their faith came from God alone NOT from their own will or effort. Each of these suffering heroes had completely given their life to God and asked Him to live it out. Just as we described last week the impossibility of human faith being able to believe the victory, human faith alone cannot accept or endure the defeat we hear about in this passage. It is the FAITH of God living in each one of these individuals that makes their life as fulfilling as those who had the victory. The final word from heaven? The world was not worthy of them, which means they were worth the presence of God Himself who is their reward. And for us? We have the privilege of knowing that God had planned something better even for us, and we will see that clearly when we meet them in heaven.