This natural bent toward ‘seeing is believing’ challenges faith.
You might hope to go to heaven one day, but how confident are you about it? You might like the idea that Jesus loves you, but what assurance do you have of the love of someone you can’t see?
Your trust that the sun will rise tomorrow confirms that you possess some degree of faith.
Likewise, Christian faith is defined as confidence in what is hoped for and assurance about what is not seen.
But be encouraged, a blind leap isn’t necessary; you can build your faith on a solid foundation.
Take the Bible, for example, which provides a detailed record of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, central to the Christian faith.
From a literary perspective, the Bible is extremely trustworthy.
Classical texts of a similar age almost always consist of fewer than 20 copies, usually dating from 700 to 1400 years after their initial composition.
In comparison, there are almost 6000 New Testament manuscripts, with copies of the majority of the New Testament dating from just 100 years or so after its writing.
Bible truths have been well-tested across generations, providing sure and steady navigation through every experience imaginable.
Knowing your Bible helps you know God himself in greater depth, growing your faith as you live by faith.
When it comes to faith in God, belief in Jesus and trust in God’s written word, you can have a much higher level of confidence than my faith in the Bureau of Meteorology.
Jesus himself said, “Blessed are those who believe without seeing me” (John 20:29).
You mightn’t see him (yet!) but, by faith, you can forever know him and be known by him.
~ Contributed by Pastor Lynette Kay of Ignite Life Church, on behalf of the Combined Churches of Deniliquin.
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