The sky’s the limit
How would you describe faith? A good place to start is that it’s trust, belief, and confidence in something… When we talk about a person’s faith, though, it has to do not just with what they believe, but how it affects the way they live, right?
The principles in today’s entry are foundational. I love the relationship between how well we know something and our faith in it.
The one time I flew on a tiny plane (4-seater), my confidence was sketchy. It didn’t help that the pilot was my roommate’s cheesy boyfriend, but I digress. I made it through, white knuckles and all, and never felt the need to do it again.
My husband’s uncle, however, is an airline mechanic, with what you might consider a specialty in small planes. He works for a missions organization whose planes fly all over the world, assisting other mission works, and providing humanitarian help.
He knows his airplanes down to the last bolt; every task of maintaining them gets written down in a log, along with part numbers, etc. Needless to say, this man is pretty confident when he flies. He has faith in the airplane because he knows it backwards and forwards.
If I want my faith to increase, all I have to do is invest in it. I love that! It’s not some mystical process, or something that certain people are born with and others aren’t. It’s not something I have to muster up via willpower.
What do you hear God challenging you to do today to grow your faith?
It is so good to know that the more I study God the deeper my faith will grow. It makes sense because the more time I spend with a friend the more I learn about them and the more I trust them.
ReplyDeleteAlong the same theme I can’t get any benefit from the sun if I don’t stand in it or at least spend time in it. When I spend time in the sun it causes me to release melatonin a hormone that helps me fight depression, I absorb calcium and phosphorus which help my bones. You get the picture. I can talk all I want about how great the sun is but if I do not spend time in it I will not receive any benefits from it.
It is great how our sun and God’s Son have almost the same meaning in the above analogy. If I spend time in the Son I will have even greater benefits that truly outweighs any amount of calcium and phosphorus in this life.