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Author: Joanne Beckman, from the Word of Life in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Blind faith? Or eyes to see?

Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. (Hebrews 11:1)

Sometimes people sneer that Christians live by "blind faith". In some ways this is an accurate observation since faith, Hebrews says, is not based on what we can see with our human sight. But it is not true blindness, because we are not groping in the dark, walking without direction, or believing in something without substance. We believe in a God who has demonstrated his love definitively in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. We believe in a God who is who he says he is and does what he says he will do. Just as we trust those who have shown themselves worthy and reliable in our lives, so we trust God, whose steadfast love and goodness endures forever. One of the ways God is good to us is that he gives us spiritual eyes to walk by the light of Christ each day. Far from being blind, faith opens our eyes to who we really are, who God really is, and what he really does.

Is there an area in your life where you feel like you're in the dark, afraid and groping around? If so, ask the Lord to "open the eyes of your heart" (Ephesians 1:18). Thank him for your faith, and then ask for more faith, for ever-growing confidence that your hope in him will never be disappointed.

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