What is faith?
Part 2: A relationship, trusting, loving, fulfilling
Faith is faith in someone, in God. It is a commitment to honour him. It is a self-giving – and a self-receiving: receiving a new, transformed version of yourself, and receiving the self that is the person of God. Faith is a promise to be true to the one you love. Having met this God, this elusive stranger, this mysterious guest, this person whom we can reason out is always everywhere, but in our experience just visits us now and then, appearing suddenly, imparting a message, or just the comfort of his presence, and then he is gone again. He moves and has his will and calls to us, and is always an abiding presence, while still able to encounter us face to face in particular moments, in particular places, for particular reasons – such that at other times it seems as though he is not fully with us, though we understand he is really. But it is the meeting with him that is most precious. Like meeting someone and immediately falling in love, so those with faith are those who met him and found themselves charmed to the roots of their being.
Faith is looking up and beholding him, and smiling with pure joy to be in his presence. Faith is knowing that this is the heart of everything; it is everything, and certainly worth more than everything else put together. Faith is trust that this person you have met is real and true and worth all that you think he is. It’s trust, when you feel his presence and when you don’t, that you are enfolded in his love. Trust that if you follow his guidance you will find life in all its fullness. Trust that he cares for you completely and that he always and only wants what is absolutely the best for you. Therefore, it is trust that following his way will always lead you in the right path.
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