Chambers talks today about Faith as he says: "Turning intellectual faith into our personal possession is always a fight, not just sometimes. God brings us into particular circumstances to educate our faith, because the nature of faith is to make the object of our faith very real to us. Until we know Jesus, God is merely a concept, and we can't have faith in Him. But once we hear Jesus say, "He who has seen Me has seen the Father" (John 14:9) we immediately have something that is real, and our faith is limitless. Faith is the entire person in the right relationship with God through the power of the Spirit of Jesus Christ."
I have to ask myself, how much of my "faith" comes from the fact that I have been brought up in the church and have lived my life in the confines of the Christian faith? That is all that I know, and that covers my entire existence. I believe what the Bible says is true, and that the words of Jesus are real and are for me.
Do I just have faith in faith?
If I had been born and raised in a Muslim country, by Muslim parents, would my faith reflect that? Or in India by Hindus, or in Japan by Shintoists, or anywhere else by anyone else? Is my faith real, really real?
To think again on part of what Chambers says, I read: "Turning intellectual faith into our personal possession is always a fight, not just sometimes. God brings us into particular circumstances to educate our faith, because the nature of faith is to make the object of our faith very real to us."
My circumstances are my own, and God uses these to educate my faith. Faith in who, faith in what and how does it play out in my life right now?
Questions, questions, and more questions. There is one thing for sure, Faith is not a shallow subject.
God, help me to see it as you want me to, today.
Amen and Amen
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