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Faith - Part 2 of 3

Why do we need faith?

The easiest answer is that we live lives of uncertainty.  Often times bad things happen to good people and folks that we think deserve to live forever die to young and we're left with questions about that world for God.  Well, if God gave us all the answers to life now we wouldn't need faith.  He tells us 2 Corinthians 5:7 "For we live by faith, not by sight".  With God, seeing isn't believing, believe is seeing...remember doubting Thomas?

In Matthew 10:16, Jesus says "I am sending you out like sheep among wolves.  Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves".  Why did Jesus call us sheep when he could have used any other prey/predator relationship out there?  Sheep have poor depth perception of vision, they can't see what's right in front of their faces.  However, they have excellent hearing.  I believe this is another subtle way of God telling us to close our eyes and open up our ears.  We have to open our ears and hear his word and let his word become our vision.  We cannot spend all our time focused on looking at our surroundings.  Our environment and circumstances may change but His word doesn't change.  As Christians, we are not going to make a difference in this country or world by looking around to see what is happening.  We can only make a change by getting in his word seriously.  And I don't know why people leave out the second part of that verse..."be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves".  Well if that ain't the green light to tell people like it is then I don't know what we're waiting on.  But we are still told to live clean, innocent, God honoring lives so as not to lose our testimony and witness.  The real change will come when we become more concerned with being biblically correct than politically correct.

Father, I pray for your guidance in my life.  I pray that you reveal your will to me through your word, and that you make my paths clear by following you on faith and not relying on my own sight?  In your son Jesus' name, amen.

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