Wow, I can't believe it has been so long since my last post! I'm not too sure where the time has gone, but my lack of posting hasn't been because of a lack of thinking. Tonight, I have been thinking about the word faith. In fact, I have been thinking about that word a lot lately.
Faith [FEYTH] - noun | 1. | confidence or trust in a person or thing |
| 2. | belief that is not based on proof |
| 3. | belief in God or in the doctrines or teachings of religion |
The technical definition of faith seems to do a good job of explaining the general idea of the word, but it seems to fall short in it's application in life. To me it is more like a blind trust in God. One of the largest obstacles to my faith has been the lack of concrete evidence. I'm a pretty straight-forward kind of guy who needs to have things pretty cut and dry. The problem with that is faith can't be broken down that way. To me, it's a decision. You either decide to have faith or you don't. Some people try not to address the situation and might argue that they don't have an opinion either way. Of course, the reality is that even if you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice. I think that's where I was for a long part of my life. One thing led to another and I decided to make a new decision. I decided to have faith.
So now what? The most profound part of my decision to have faith was simply to believe. Sound kind of like the same thing doesn't it? Well, let me explain. I believe that 2 + 2 = 4. I can prove that so this belief doesn't require any faith. I also believe that Jesus loves me so much, that He was willing to watch over me and keep me safe even when I denied Him. Of course I can't prove that, so this belief does require faith. That realization was like a switch that went off inside me. I made a very conscious decision to simply have faith. And I can tell you that has had a profound impact on me, my life and my soul.
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