Our faith and hope rest on Jesus Himself. Those things are not worthy of our hearts and are so easily lost. Like David, we must safeguard the places we rest our faith not in success or on earthly circumstances. King David prayed, “As for me, I shall behold Your face in righteousness I will be satisfied with Your likeness when I awake” ( Psalms 17:15). And today an important piece of your faith is being written. He is the author and perfecter of your faith. Look to Jesus, hard, steady, and focused. And those who were in the boat worshiped Him, saying, “You are certainly God’s Son!” ( Matthew 14:22-33). Immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and took hold of him, and said to him, “You of little faith, why did you doubt?” When they got into the boat, the wind stopped. But seeing the wind, he became frightened, and beginning to sink, he cried out, “Lord, save me!” When the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were terrified, and said, “It is a ghost!” And they cried out in fear.īut immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, “Take courage, it is I do not be afraid.” Peter said to Him, “Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water.” And He said, “Come!” And Peter got out of the boat, and walked on the water and came toward Jesus. And in the fourth watch of the night He came to them, walking on the sea. But the boat was already a long distance from the land, battered by the waves for the wind was contrary. After He had sent the crowds away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray and when it was evening, He was there alone. Immediately He made the disciples get into the boat and go ahead of Him to the other side, while He sent the crowds away. But if our faith is fixed on Jesus, our faith will carry us to Him. If we look at the storm and the waves, our hearts will sink.
These moments of emotional/spiritual fog echo Peter’s attempt to join Jesus on the waves. Hebrews 11 tells us “Faith is the assurance of things not seen…” and then goes on to describe the heroes of our faith, many of whom, “died in faith, without receiving the promises, but having seen them and having welcomed them from a distance, and having confessed that they were strangers and exiles on the earth” ( Hebrews 11:13). Your goal isn’t changed just because your vision was momentarily obscured.
#Blind faith how to
You may not be able to see as clearly as you’d like, and you might even have to pull over for a bit to get your bearings or let the storm pass, but you still know where and how to go. You know that centerline is in front of you and even if it is hard to see, you strain to look for it through the blurring circumstances. When life gets troubling, it is like driving through fog and rain. Faith is not blind, instead, it is focused, sharply focused, on its objective, which is Jesus.
#Blind faith full
We often think of concepts like love or faith as being blind, but I think a full reading through Scripture gives us a different insight. It isn’t hard to get disoriented and feel blinded by circumstances. Much of life feels somewhat emotional or physical like my physical near-sightedness. I’m grateful daily that I live in a time and place where I can have prescription lenses and join in the rest of life! If I can’t find my glasses when I'm first in a hotel room or camping, it is so disorienting. So, the notion of being “blind” is one I have a brush of experience with. That means I can see stuff that is super close to my face and not much else unless I have contacts or glasses on.
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