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| We know the wind is there because we see what it does, yet we do not see the wind. |
Jesus said (my interpretation), "Faith is like the wind. You can't see the
wind; you don't know where it comes from or where it's going, yet you know it
is there."
You can hear it in your ears and feel it on your face. It bends
the trunks of mighty trees and is powerful enough to rip buildings apart or
carry them away. It pushes water into waves that crash along the sandy shores.
God is like the wind. Though we can't see him, He is a
powerful force, and not to be mocked or taken lightly. God is real.
Oh, you can have faith in Science. Especially if you are one who requires "proof".
But don't forget, great scientists once
said that the earth was flat. It took a sailor to figure out that the earth was actually round. Scientists believed long ago that draining blood from
people (called bleeding) made them well. Let's face it. Scientists believe what they want to believe, too
often having it in their power to interpret (or skew) evidence in the direction
of their personal theories and preferences. Many of these theories require
great faith to believe in and thus, actually are a form of religion,
accompanied with the same zeal and enthusiasm that go with belief in any other
god. Yet, Science constantly changes because our understanding of the world is
changing with new knowledge and technology. It takes faith, my friends, to
believe in Science without question.
But faith in God does not rely on what is seen, but what is unseen, Faith is not believing in what is known, but what has been known and sometimes what has been felt, like wind in our hair. There are miraculous answers to prayers that go unexplained. Too often they are also unacknowledged - written off as coincidence. Faith is sensing God's loving presence though we cannot see him. Faith requires the acceptance that we cannot know and we cannot possibly understand everything. We never will. But Jesus assured us that there is a good God, the creator of order and life who was, is and will always be. When we feel his presence, that is awesome. We don’t know where he comes from, but we know he is here. When we don't feel his presence, he's still here. Be still and listen. You may have to wait, but He will reveal himself to you if you dare to hope in Him.
Why are you cast down, O my soul?
And why are you in turmoil within me?
Hope in God, for I shall again praise him,
My salvation and my God.
Psalm 43:5
