Hebrews 11:1 as the whole preparation. Faith is the evidence of things not yet seen, and things that are seen are not made from things that do appear - against the science that reduces a million organic and inorganic substances to positive and negative electricity and supposes the world comes out of that. It comes out of imagination, and any change in the image results in a change in the world. Living by faith is how a man prepares the way; when too much of the world is in focus - when one can write a cheque for anything one wants - one does not live by faith.