Faith in God may be compared to many things.
1. Faith is the hand that receives the gift of God, and makes us rich (Jhn 1:12).
2. Faith is the eye that looks into the unseen, and beholds things which are beyond human ken (Hbr 11:1).
3. Faith is the heart's response to the call of the Lord (Rom 10:10).
4. Faith is the soul's reliance on the Lord Jesus Christ (2Ti 1:12).
5. Faith is the link that connects with Christ and God (Hbr 10:22).
6. Faith is the wire along which the electricity of God's power runs and communicates itself to us (Gal 3:5).
7. Faith is the operator which causes the feet to run in glad and swift obedience, as is illustrated in Israel's marching round Jericho according to the Divine direction (Hbr 11:30). Obedience is the proof of faith. Where there is no obedience there is no faith. Therefore if we would triumph, we must obey.
"To trust and obey,
There is no other way."
Or to put it more correctly,
"To trust is to obey."