I saw a post the other day with Tom Brady having nine Super Bowl rings on his fingers. He was showing off his trophies by wearing them on his fingers. His trophies are his pride and joy for the hard work, the team work and the physical work he did to be one of the greatest quarterbacks in the NFL.

Patrick Mahomes could put a similar picture on his social media, with multiple Super Bowl rings, Lombardi Trophies and Championship t-shirts, hats and banners. Hard work brought them to the level of professional and then more work got them the title of greatest to play the game called football.

The Lord revealed to me this morning while reading 1 Peter 1, His trophy case and I saw the men and women of the Word of God in His trophy case. But they were not there for their physical prowess, their high level of play on a sports field, but because of their faith and how they believed God when circumstances spoke another narrative.

Peter says it this way, “Pure gold put in the fire comes out of it proved pure; genuine faith put through this suffering comes out proved genuine. When Jesus wraps this all up, it’s your faith, not your gold, that God will have on display as evidence of his victory. You never saw him, yet you love him. You still don’t see him, yet you trust him—with laughter and singing. Because you kept on believing, you’ll get what you’re looking forward to: total salvation.”

Rings will tarnish, trophies will collect dust, but our faith will be spoken of for all of eternity. Jesus said, when I return will I find faith on earth? We are the faith filled ones He is watching, protecting, displaying for all of creation to see. We read about them in Hebrews 11, but it is not just them it is us as well. Faith displays the victory of God on earth as it is in heaven. May we be a display of His victory. Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org