having faith

Faith is one of the hardest parts of Christianity. As a Christian, it is always hard to be sure of everything, and there are always unanswered questions. However, the Bible says that we have to have faith in order to believe and to trust God. Hebrews 11:1 says that "faith is the assurance of things hoped for and the conviction of things unseen." I recently had a conversation with someone I had just met. He had just recently become a Christian, and he had struggled with seeing God work in others lives. I told him that was surprising because most people are the opposite: they have trouble seeing God work in their lives. This guy told me that one of the things he learned was that he had to have faith that God really was acting and moving all around him, all of the time. He told me that he looks at faith as something that should actually come to us naturally, rather than as something you constantly search for and wonder why you need it, etc. I was curious as to how he approached it. He explained it something so complex in simple terms. He said that when it comes to God, we always struggle with having faith in who He is and in His will for our lives, His purpose for us, etc. But, for example, when we sit in a chair, we don't have to test that out or wonder if it's going to hold us up or if we're going to break it. We have faith that it will support us. We also do this with driving. We trust and have faith that our cars will get us from one point to the next without breaking down. Then, he asked me, "how can we have faith in such things as these but then question our faith in God, who is so powerful and present in our lives? He created us and is a supernatural being who sits above all of us in heaven and reigns down, and sometimes we don't even have as much faith in Him as we do in our cars. It's just hard for me to understand." He said that he sees it as something much simpler and just a part of being a Christian and wanting to have a purpose in life. Having faith helps you see what that purpose is and also helps you to see God working in your life all the time, every day of your life. The Bible says that we should walk by faith and not by sight, and I encourage you to do that. It may not seem easy, but if you trust in the Word and in the Holy Spirit that is living inside of you, then you might realize it's a lot easier than you think. Just don't think too hard. :)