A Question of Faith

Hebrews 11:1 (NIV) Now, faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.

The Bible says many things concerning faith.  It says that “we live (or walk) by faith and not by sight.” It also tells us to ask, and we will receive, seek, and we will find, and to knock, and the door will be open to us.  So how does it reflect upon my faith when I pray and do not receive?  How should I perceive it when I knock, and the door does not open?  Does that mean that I do not have faith?  Has my faith somehow failed? 

Faith in God goes so much deeper than that.  Faith must consider that God, who sees all and knows all, also has our best interest at heart. He already knows what will happen if that door does open, behind which I believe is the ultimate blessing. Sure faith brings with it the knowledge that the God who watched over me as I was formed in my mother’s womb, who has plans to help me and not harm me, also knows that the door I want to open must stay shut to preserve my future. 

Strong faith trusts His oversight.  It embraces a “no” answer from God as one that is best for me.  It instinctively knows that as I put my life in His hands, His hands can be trusted even when the pain of life overtakes me.  Well-developed faith knits mind, soul, and spirit to transcend a material world whose needs can blind the eyes, and whose losses can tear the heart and torment the mind, to trust a living God.

Faith“trusts the Lord completely, and doesn’t depend on our limited knowledge.

Proverbs 3

2 Corinthians 5:7

Matthew 7:7

Jeremiah 29:11