Faith versus Common Sense?
"Faith believes in spite of the circumstances and acts in spite of the consequences."- Adrian Rogers.
Faith has a rather funny and really misleading in definition because, it doesn't seem like what will be from the start, but we just have to keep being that individual who believe it will be what we hope it will be.
The substance of things hoped for and those not seen yet, we hoping it will come to be is what Faith is.
Common sense never comes to play when faith is the desire of the individual because, no matter how stormy the weather may be, he never storms seeing rainbow.
According to Hebrews 11:1, "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." Another definition also says, it is "the substantiating of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen."
What is Faith based on?
Faith is relied on based on "convictions" and "hope" and there really exists no solid assurances because while you are yet in shit-hole, you have to somehow just believe that, you will get into a palace paved with gold.
When faith is in play, you really don't have to see the endgame or even the promise of the light, you just have to BELIEVE that, you already have what you desire.
The believer's life is usually hard, misinformed, senseless and most times, he gets ridiculed because, the world sees that, he doesn't use his "common sense."
Faith doesn't require common sense, it just needs conviction, hopes, undying trust and a never relenting attitude that, good always wins over evil.
Keeping Faith.
You have to keep keeping faith alive in your life and never stop. The whole idea behind the life of the believer is that, he sees the best life he needs even when it all seems impossible.
When men see the world-power instead of the Word-power, they give up o their abilities to make a difference in life.
According to John 10:34, Jesus answered them, "Is it not written in your Law, 'I have said you are "gods"'?
You cannot love as a man and expect to live like a god that you are.
Live your life knowing that, there is more to being a man with common sense when faith is put into play. You cannot afford to put faith aside in a world like ours.
Isolate yourself from doubts and embrace the wind of faith because, it is what will eventually make your world go round.
Faith is believing in things when common sense tells us not to, because, faith doesn't make any sense to an unbeliever.
Faith just needs you to see the Word and not the world.
The topic alone captured my heart.
Indeed we need faith not our common sense because our common sense will eventually or definitely fails us.
Thanks for sharing
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