Walking By Faith!
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
nor are your ways My ways,”
says the Lord.
Isaiah 55: 8
The pre-eminent lesson to be learned in the Christian life is
to walk by faith. For years, we navigate the world on the basis
of our five senses. Then we're called to subordinate our “sight”
(our senses) to faith and trust: “For we walk by faith, not by
sight” (2 Corinthians 5:7).
Instead of believing what we see, we are called to trust
what we can’t see or sense. We're called to trust God’s
ways more than our own ways.
This trust challenge is seen throughout Scripture. When Israel was
called from exile in Persia to go to Jerusalem, God told them they
would one day summon nations to Him (Isaiah 55:5). How could a
poor, captive nation summon other nations to God? It's because
God’s ways are higher than our
ways.
Paul discovered this when his evangelistic mission
was blocked by God, only to have a new door open
instead—because God’s ways were higher than
his
(Acts 16: 6 – 10).
Walking by faith means trusting that God’s ways are
always at work, even when we can’t see how. Walking
by faith is based on God’s character and promises.
"Walking by faith means being prepared to
trust where we are not permitted to see."
John Blanchard
