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of the more powerful albeit elusive ideas known to humankind
is something called faith. It's also one of the lesser understood.
“Faith” is one of those things that either ya got or ya don't.
The Bible says (Hebrews 11:1) that “faith” is “the substance of things
hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” But I don't think you can
tell from that whether you have faith or not.
However, there is a better way. In moments of trouble kind of stand
aside and watch yourself carefully — what you do and what you say.
Here's a little story to illustrate the point.
Once upon a time, a man was driving recklessly down a dangerous, narrow,
twisting and turning mountain road. All of a sudden, the car spun out of
control and went over the edge. The driver temporarily saved himself by
reaching out and grabbing hold of a shrub part way down the precipice as
the car hurtled towards the bottom of the canyon some 2,000 feet below.
Hanging in space with no apparent way of saving himself, the man begins
to plead with God.
Please help me, O Lord! Please,
please help me.
Yes. I'll do anything. Anything.
ALL RIGHT. I'LL HELP YOU. BUT ONLY ON ONE CONDITION.
Anything. Anything. Name it.
THE CONDITION IS THAT YOU TRUST ME.
I trust you. I trust you. Now please help me.
A moment passes. Another. And another. Then, desperately clutching the
shrub, the man begins to shout, “Is there anybody out there who can help
me? Anybody? Please?”
Think about it. |
