Trials and Seeking - Part 2
In my last post I concluded part 1 of the story with this:
“In the heat of the moment, I said to the Lord, “Everything in Your creation can be defined by math, by some kind of formula. Except faith. Faith doesn’t appear to work in any kind of formula. But Your Word says many things that indicate all I need is faith to overcome my circumstances.”
This was a thought worth pondering. I began to think about it. What is the formula for faith? Obviously, faith can’t be a formula because that would make it some kind of magic. And that would be very wrong according to the Word of God.
Maybe I could figure out some of the variables.
I continued thinking about it, I was thinking and thinking and praying and praying. As I thought and prayed, I remembered the stories of Moses, David, Daniel and all the other characters of the Bible that are listed in the Book of Hebrews Hall of Fame.
What stood out to me was the way in which these men and women seemed to know God. As I worked my way through to today, I thought of friends I have who appear to have faith. And by faith, these are the men and women you and I would want to call if we were experiencing any kind of trouble. The kind of trouble a plumber can’t help you with, or a doctor, or anyone else with credentials that come from this world. The kind of trouble where you know you need help from above.
The common denominator these friends all seem to have is that they know God. It isn’t that they know the Bible, or even that they are necessarily the nicest people in the world. They just know God.
So, you see, knowing God is a very important variable to the faith equation, whatever that is. One day I was on a walk, finally submitting to writing this book and working out what I could write. It occurred to me that rather than writing a book about faith like I know a great deal about faith, I could write a book about asking the Lord questions about faith and how it works.
We have works to do and we’re going to need faith to do them!