A Reflection On Belief

When I need courage to have faith in what I cannot see

We are constantly asked to stake our lives on an invisible God and a risen Savior whom we do not see. His footprints are all over history, so it isn’t a baseless faith. But it is still often hidden to our five senses, and when we let those senses rule, we find the life of faith difficult.

How much of your walk with God is based on your five senses? Do you invest your heart in Him only when He is demonstrating His favor? Or do you trust that His love is real even when you don’t see it? When the Bible says that God is a refuge, a help in trouble, a deliverer, a healer—and all the other wonderful things it says about Him—that revelation is a greater reality than the book you hold in your hand or anything else your eyes can see and fingers can touch. There is a profound blessedness in believing that. God manifests His Presence to those who believed Him before having seen Him. He readily intervenes on behalf of those who know He will. Believe, and be blessed.

Blessed are those who believe without seeing me.

John 20:29