Faith as 'Proof Of Existence'
As our great pastors always do, somehow they always preach on those things most relevant in my life. I guess that I should feel sorry for other members of the congregation as those sermons are always written for what is going on in my life. For that I apologize to each and every one of you.
This Sunday (May 3, 2009) was no different in Pastor Dean's return to the pulpit, speaking on faith as a tangible and real thing. All of my life I have had faith in a 'believing' sense of what I can not see, hear, touch, taste or smell. Those are most of the physical senses that we have and are those which give us 'proof of existence' in life. Yet I never thought of faith as having a substance to itself. It has always been just something I was supposed to have.
At this point, you may wonder about a man nearing the age of 50 and still questioning faith. It happens to all of us and we continually learn through out our lives. For me, I've always questioned and tried to learn more about my belief. Faith has never been in question, but the example of it being a bridge between the natural and the spiritual shines a new light for me.
Now why in the world would I need a new perspective on faith in my life? Well, Laura and I have eight kids, three grandkids; both of us come from large families with aging parents. This doesn't make our circumstances any harder or more intriguing then anyone else. It simply makes us human and like you, we have our opportunities in life to get our faith tested.
With those tests of faith that we are working through, I have been searching for new inspiration on how to let faith work for us. It isn't enough to just say, "I believe and all will be well." God has expectations for us and so many times we will simply go to the natural. It is those things that I previously mentioned, the physical 'proof of existence' that we run to many times.
Yet the bridge of faith from physical to spiritual is just as 'real' as anything we could touch or see. So it is this bridge that I am envisioning to help us achieve what God has called for us. If we step out in faith, knowing that the bridge will be there, even though we can not see it, keep walking and the bridge will appear. With each step I take, the stronger the connection of my faith to what God has planned for me becomes.
It will be the bridge of faith that gives me proof of God's love for me, for you and for all the world.
This Sunday (May 3, 2009) was no different in Pastor Dean's return to the pulpit, speaking on faith as a tangible and real thing. All of my life I have had faith in a 'believing' sense of what I can not see, hear, touch, taste or smell. Those are most of the physical senses that we have and are those which give us 'proof of existence' in life. Yet I never thought of faith as having a substance to itself. It has always been just something I was supposed to have.
At this point, you may wonder about a man nearing the age of 50 and still questioning faith. It happens to all of us and we continually learn through out our lives. For me, I've always questioned and tried to learn more about my belief. Faith has never been in question, but the example of it being a bridge between the natural and the spiritual shines a new light for me.
Now why in the world would I need a new perspective on faith in my life? Well, Laura and I have eight kids, three grandkids; both of us come from large families with aging parents. This doesn't make our circumstances any harder or more intriguing then anyone else. It simply makes us human and like you, we have our opportunities in life to get our faith tested.
With those tests of faith that we are working through, I have been searching for new inspiration on how to let faith work for us. It isn't enough to just say, "I believe and all will be well." God has expectations for us and so many times we will simply go to the natural. It is those things that I previously mentioned, the physical 'proof of existence' that we run to many times.
Yet the bridge of faith from physical to spiritual is just as 'real' as anything we could touch or see. So it is this bridge that I am envisioning to help us achieve what God has called for us. If we step out in faith, knowing that the bridge will be there, even though we can not see it, keep walking and the bridge will appear. With each step I take, the stronger the connection of my faith to what God has planned for me becomes.
It will be the bridge of faith that gives me proof of God's love for me, for you and for all the world.
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Comment by Joseph Primm on May 3, 2009 at 7:43pm - Thank you...it always refreshes me to know that others read and can get something from what I write. It is God working through other people and me.
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Comment by Linda Johnston on May 3, 2009 at 7:15pm - Brilliant! You summarized so well what Dean preached. I always loved the "substance" teaching of faith that Ps. Dean does. For me, also, this was a new concept and has helped me grab a hold of faith in a new and exciting way. I always revert back to the verse in Hebrews, Without faith it is impossible to please him. That verse has always blown my mind and pushed me forward into daring to believe.I know faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God, and today we really HEARD!!!!
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