Don’t Throw Away Your Faith—It’s Worth More Than Bitcoin

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Don’t Throw It Away

Hebrews 10:35 says: “So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.”

I recently read a story about a man in Wales who accidentally threw away an old computer hard drive that contained the keys to 8,000 bitcoins. At the time, they weren’t worth much. But today, that same hard drive would be valued at over 800 million dollars. For the last 13 years, this man has been trying to dig through landfills and plead with city councils just to get back what he lost.

Why? Because something he didn’t value in the moment turned out to be worth more than he could have ever imagined.

The writer of Hebrews was addressing a group of people in the first century who were in a similar spot—not with cryptocurrency, but with their faith. They were being persecuted under Roman emperors. Their families were being torn apart. Their livelihoods were being stripped away. And the pressing question was this:

“Is this Jesus thing worth it?”

The answer, over and over again, is: Don’t throw away your faith.

Faith Is Worth More Than Bitcoin

Faith is the most valuable possession you have. The writer of Hebrews follows up in chapter 11 with a definition:

“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” (Hebrews 11:1)

Different translations use words like substance, assurance, evidence, confidence, conviction—each giving us a different facet of what faith really is.

• Substance – Faith is something you can stand on. The Greek word hypostasis literally means “to stand under.” It’s not abstract. It’s a foundation, something solid you can build your life on. Faith is sure-footedness. It’s enough light for the next right step.

• Evidence – Faith is the ability to see the invisible. Just as sight is to the physical, faith is to the spiritual. It means that what you don’t see has more influence over you than what you do see. That sounds risky—and it is. Faith always involves risk.

• Assurance – Like a legal document or a receipt, faith is a guarantee of what God has already promised, even if you haven’t fully experienced it yet. Faith grows my certainty not in outcomes, but in the character of God.

• Conviction – Faith isn’t just something I hold onto—it’s something that holds onto me. Like the survivor of a disaster who lived because instead of hanging on to a rope, the rope was wrapped around him, faith is the grip of God that won’t let go.

• Confidence – Faith is relational. It’s trusting in God like a child trusts a father. The difference between being fearful and being fearless is proximity to Jesus. When I’m close to Him, my confidence grows.

Hope: The Starting Line of Faith

All translations of Hebrews 11:1 use the word hope. That matters.

Hope is the intense inner desire for something in the future. But biblical hope is rooted in the purposes, promises, and presence of God. You can hope for things God never intends to give—but when your hope is aligned with His plan, faith begins to grow.

If you have hope, you can have faith. And hope is available to anyone. You don’t need to be a theologian or a saint. If you’re breathing, you have a future. If you have a future, you can have hope. And if you have hope, you can walk in faith.

The Power of If

Sometimes the biggest changes in our lives hinge on a single, small word: if.

The Bible uses it 1,784 times. It’s often a conditional conjunction that unlocks the promises of God.

So let me ask you:

What do you hope happens over the next 100 days?

Take a few minutes to think about that. Write it down.

Because faith requires imagination. Fear has its own imagination—it tells you stories of worst-case scenarios. Faith, on the other hand, asks you to imagine what God can do.

And once you’ve got that picture, faith says: Act like God is telling the truth.

The Finish Line

As an ultrarunner, I’ve learned that the race is often won or lost not by the strongest legs, but by the strongest mindset. Fatigue, pain, and doubt will scream at you to quit. And in those moments, the temptation to “throw it away” feels overwhelming.

But Hebrews reminds us: don’t throw away your confidence. Don’t throw away your hope. Don’t throw away your faith.

It is worth more than Bitcoin.
It is worth more than comfort.
It is worth more than life itself.

And if you hold on, you’ll discover that it’s not really you holding onto faith—faith is holding onto you.