At the age of 16, I made a decision that would change my life forever. I decided to put my faith and trust in God. I did not fully understand what that meant at the time but it was something I have never regretted.
The word faith and the explanation of what it looks like, have been rejected by many over the centuries because it simply does not fit in with their view of life. They would point out that it would be foolish to believe in someone or something, if you can't positively prove it scientifically or otherwise. It seems like a reasonable way of thinking until you break it down by looking at our personal lives and how each and every person reading this, has practiced "faith" their entire lives.
All the atheists and people of no particular faith will probably laugh at such a statement because they will be quick to deny the legitimacy of the statement. Many well-known scientists over the centuries made it to this point and then realized that there must be more. Things that science simply could not explain.
Some of you will be surprised to learn that the authenticity of the Bible is unmatched in history. I won't get into it here but check it out yourself if you don't believe me. It is important to include that in this blog because many of you think that is a non-starter, basically because you have never actually looked into it and simply believed what others have told you to believe.
Now about that thing called faith. Buckle up because you are about to feel very uncomfortable and will probably look for a way to get off this fast-moving train. I am going to give you a few very simple examples of how each human practices faith almost every day. I share these in an attempt to tear down the preconceived ideas that faith in a God you can't see or touch, is at best, a fairy tale. Here we go...
When you walk into a room you have never been in and sit in a chair you have never sat on, you are practicing faith. Maybe you would never do that before checking out the manufacturer of the chair? Silly, right?
How about going into a fancy restaurant and ordering a nice juicy steak from the menu? You don't know the chef and without much thought, assume that they will not poison the food or do other nasty things to it before you sink your teeth into it. Think about that and whether an element of faith might be involved.
Then there is a thing most of us have done many times without giving much thought to the details. I recently travelled by plane where we flew 36,000 feet above the surface of the earth. I did not spend one minute checking out the credentials of the pilot and co-pilot. I did not confirm the qualifications of the mechanics who worked on the aircraft before taking off. Now maybe those of you who don't believe in faith, would do thorough background checks to put your minds at ease. Forgive me if I
assumed too much.
I could go on and on with examples but I think you get my point. Something that I have personally never understood with my non-believing friends, is the faith they have in evolution. I studied it in school and it is taught as fact and if you have no exposure to Christianity, you will believe the theory until the day you die. I maintain that you need more faith to believe in evolution than you do in God creating us.
I realize this short blog won't influence too many people to change their opinion about faith and God but I sat back this weekend and considered all the people each of you look up to and admire. If you are a golf fan, you just saw a man of faith win the trophy as the best golfer in the world. All weekend the TV announcers talked about his character and made every effort not to speak about his faith in Jesus Christ as being the reason. It pointed out again, that the world we live in is not going to encourage you to become a person of faith.
Hopefully something I have said here will at least cause you to think about those things you don't have an answer for.
