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What is faith?

I know someone that asked a group of young girls this question and they had difficulty answering. It's hard to come up with an answer. We toss around the word faith a lot. To have faith in something is equivalent to trusting in something -- or someone. So now you can give me a definition. Trust is defined as the belief that something or someone is reliable. So, we could say that faith is relying on something. So what are you relying on? What do you have faith in?

We often use the word faith as a synonym to religion. So you have faith in a deity of your choice. For example, I have faith in God.

How do I have faith in God? In relationships, we have faith in our partners. We trust them and we rely on them as an extended part of us. The difference in God and your boyfriend -- which is a weird comparison -- is that you can see your boyfriend. You know that he is real, and you will find out if he is trustworthy. 

We cannot see God in front of us; even though we are taught that God is everywhere we go. He is inside of us, should we choose to place Him in our hearts. The thing about God is that to say that He exists -- and I would -- you have to have faith.

So, I suppose faith is knowing that someone or something is there, despite seeing or touching. Faith is a strong sense of belief or trust in someone or something. So now that you know what faith is, I guess you have to ask yourself if you have it? And if so, what in?

catch you later,

Karleigh

 

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. // 2 Corinthians 4:18