To answer Jesus’ question in today’s world, “Do you not yet have faith?” the late actress, Carrie Fisher, captured the cultural moment when she said, “The problem with instant gratification is that it takes too long.” We want immediate results, quick turnaround, ready cash. Which helps to explain why coming to faith is problematic in our day and time. “Faith is the realization of what is hoped for and evidence of things not seen,” according to the letter to the Hebrews. It requires daily fidelity over the long haul. We are people of faith when we put ourselves in God’s hand and trust in God’s future. The epistle continues, “They did not receive what had been promised but saw it and greeted it from afar.
