Believe to See

     They say "Seeing is believing." But, if you've already seen, how much faith does it take to believe it? That's not exercising faith. The word faith means you are believing something you can't see, or else why do you need faith? So, what we should say is, "Believing is seeing."
     First you believe. Then, you see.
     If you need to see before you believe, it means you have a lack of faith. You're not trusting that what is being told to you is the truth.
     How do you feel when someone doesn't believe you? It's a nasty feeling, like your character is being called into question.
     We go to work for someone, believing that they will pay us. That takes a bit of faith. Business deals are transacted in faith. You have to have a certain amount of trust in the people you do business with. Even a Police Record Check doesn't guarantee that that person is honest, does it?
     One of the biggest arguments against faith in God is, "If God made us, who made God?"
     This sounds like a reasonable, logical excuse to deny the existence of a Creator. Logically speaking, there could not be a Creator because He Himself would have had to have been created at some point in time. Otherwise, how did He exist in order to be able to create?
     Who created God?
     The answer to that question is in the Bible. Exodus chapter 3, verse 14 says:
     "And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and He said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you."
     This is one of the few passages where a phrase is written in capital letters. Seems important. However, this is the sort of phrase that goes right over our heads. God's use of the present tense to describe Himself is mystifying, brain-boggling and in downright defiance of our human scientific laws.
     How can anyone or anything just "be"? That is an absolute impossibility in our realm. Our finite minds cannot grasp it.
     Our finite, human minds cannot grasp God. That's why the Bible says, "The carnal mind is at enmity (war) with God."  If we want to know God, we have to use another conduit. Faith.
     "According to your faith be it unto you."
     "...All things are possible to him that believeth." Mark 9:23.
    Where do you get faith? Little children seem to have ample supplies. But, how do adults get enough faith to believe the impossible?
     We simply need to ask God for it. He has barrels of it just sitting around going to waste. Just ask.
     If you ask him for a loaf of bread, He won't give you a stone and if you ask Him for faith, He'll give you abundantly more than you could imagine. It's all by faith.
     And then, you'll see!