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But I digress...Blind faith is about trust. It's about belief beyond perception. It goes against our very nature to trust in what we cannot see or perceive as mere humans. I think this is part of the reason so many people have a hard time coming to know Christ as their personal Lord and Savior. It requires believing in someone unseen and giving control of your life to One who only gives answers to questions according to His will, His Word and His timing. That's big...no, that's HUGE!
Jesus says that unless we come to Him as little children, meaning the honest and pure childlike trust, we cannot enter the Kingdom of God. (Matthew 18:3) - This is blind faith....innocent, childlike trust.
These are deep waters for someone with trust issues. This is a big step for someone who has been broken and wounded. This is a hard hard thing for a person who has not known sincere unconditional love before...really - it's a hard thing for all of us.
So how is it that some people are able to get past this and believe? How is it that some folks push past "seeing is believing" and into walking by faith and not by sight? We read stories of atheists and agnostics coming to Christ and of brilliant scientists, humanists and more laying down their knowledge of the real and touchable in blind childlike faith in Jesus as their Lord and Savior...how? How does that happen?
You know, I think it goes back to what Jesus said - it's becoming like little children. It's the curiosity, the sheer joy of relationship, the possibility of life beyond imagination that creeps into the mind of one who is searching and at that moment, the Holy Spirit reaches in and takes hold of that heart and suddenly, logic is overtaken by faith...faith in the unseen - childlike, blind faith.
Today as I read this Scripture one more time, I was pondering my own childlike faith. I've watched the transformation of a beautiful friend as she steps out in faith to obey God in a new call to ministry on her life - something she never hoped for or imagined but the curiosity and wonder in her eyes made her sparkle from head to toe. In my own life, I've rekindled that wonder and have taken a step - one step in childlike faith to go deeper in my own journey....blind faith and I feel invigorated and at peace at the same time.
I read this Scripture in a different translation today - and it shed a whole different meaning than anything I've read before....look at this:
"For we live by believing not seeing." 2 Corinthians 5:7 (NLT)
We LIVE by believing not seeing!! Real living comes through blind faith - not hard facts....y'all!! That's huge!!
Life as we know it does not have to be mundane, boring or routine in the world of blind faith! Life becomes a much greater adventure even IN the mundane when we realize and relinquish control to Jesus as HE becomes Lord of our lives and we trust Him with every, single, boring detail.
Maybe you're someone who wants boring, dull, routine and mundane...I kind of doubt that you do. Maybe change scares you...now that's more believable. But what if, just what if, you knew that every fine detail has been set out from the beginning of time and it plays into history, present day and future and the plans of our Creator are unfolding through every single thing we do!!!
I don't know about you, but that changes my perspective a little bit. It changes my attitude too! Traffic jams, difficult customers, messy houses, crazy phone calls, and more just seem to be less frustrating when I KNOW that God is in control and I don't have to fix everything.
For we LIVE by BELIEVING not SEEING!! WOW! That changes my perspective on this Friday afternoon....I'm gonna get busy believing and quit asking God for all the details --- well I'm gonna sure try anyway!!
Have a great weekend!! Amy
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