Just me trying to be honest with God.

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Faith... must be enforced by reason.... When faith becomes blind it dies. Mahatma Gandhi

“We walk by faith not by sight.” 2Cor.5 ESV

People exercise faith everyday. We trust pharmacist to fill our prescriptions correctly; doctors to prescribe them correctly, even bankers to handle our money. Faith is integral to life even if it is only trusting that my neighbor will stay in his or her lane while driving. To put faith in something blindly is the faith of a fanatic or a fool. If I do not have a good reason to trust someone or something I simply shouldn't do it. God expects no less where faith concerns Him. He is not looking for blind devotion. He has repeatedly stepped into space and time so that our faith will be coupled with reason. Jesus did not ask His disciples to blindly trust that He would conquer death. After the resurrection He appeared to them for over forty days. He hasn't asked us to trust in His resurrection blindly. He asks us to believe it because of the testimony of credible witnesses. Court cases have been decided on less evidence. 11/24/2010 Conversations Within ts (Between, Ga)