I believe faith in God is making the first step in the
moment of uncertainty.
Faith is the substance of things hoped for, things not
yet seen. It’s a risk that we take to move on when every sign and circumstance
around us suggest otherwise. It’s the opposite of doubt and fear of the unknown
future. Making the first step might, in many occasions look ridiculous, and
careless. It might show a lack of wisdom. But I believe living by faith is the
wisest thing or choice you can ever make. It launches you into a world of
possibilities. It makes God work for you. God comes in if you make the first
step by faith. A life driven by faith is worth living. It's beautiful, full of
joy, satisfaction, and significance. On the other hand, a faithless life is
terrible, full of frustration, and nothing to celebrate.
We are told that without faith, it's impossible to
please God. This is true. We all live our lives by faith, whether we acknowledge
it or not. You sleep with no certainty that you will wake up, but you make
plans to wake up. No one sleeps, hoping not to wake up. We invest our
resources; be it time and money with the hope that we will get better outcomes.
Nothing is always certain for a parent that their young ones will turn out
great, but they hope they do. As a parent, you give your best hoping that your
best will work out for the best. Think of everything you do, as simple as
walking in a restaurant to ask for a glass of water. You hope the water will
quench your thirst and give you the strength to move on. You don’t start ascertaining
where the water came from, what’s the content of the water, questioning its
ability to do what it will do. But you faithfully drink it with the hope that
it will refresh you. Our body organs; a clear example of faith. Your heart
beats, the kidney does what it does, the liver does its role, and all the
others do. You breathe air in and out with no care, whether it will end up in
the wrong place. No one sees or cares to confirm if the organs missed performing
its duty. All these to make you move so you can be whole and live your life. I
acknowledge that there are those who are struggling with their body organs, but
it in all these we still hope that it will be well and for such, we wake up and
do what we can to make things right. Our life is driven by faith, whether it's
directly or indirectly. Whether we embrace it or not.
The beauty and joy of life is in acknowledging this
faith. It's in letting your life be directly driven by faith. In embracing
faith and living a life of faith. A life full of miracles. Our life without
faith is meaningless. The waking up and going to bed without faith is all in
vain. Faith gives you the intangible benefit that is eternal. That is beyond the world's comprehension. It gives purpose to everything you do.
If someone told me when I was a teenager that I would
be involved in the things I'm involved in now, that would be living the life I
live now; I would laugh at them and quickly dismiss them. I look back to me
when I finished my form four having gotten (A-) grade, something I really prayed
to God for, all I wanted was to be a Mechanical engineer. I had my plans on how
that journey was going to be. But God had a different idea for my simple life.
I don't have everything I wish I could, but I believe I'm much better. I believe
the intangible journey and blessings God has led me through is worth more than
anything this world could have offered me. This is not easy. However, I continue
to acknowledge that my life without faith is in vain. So I need to continuously
ask God to increase my faith in Him. I don’t know about you.
If
this resonates with you, how’s your faith journey like? Look for a small
community of friends who you can think through this together with. Being
accountable to a few and practising with a few. It's about building a community
of friends to share each other's journey of living a life of faith. You have to be deeply committed to each other
and desire to see each other grow in this journey. You have to create support,
encouragement, and accountability platform for each other. The community has to
be as small as possible so that there is active engagement by all involved.
Find a community around you and see if these
conversations make sense to you.
By
Gabriel Achayo
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