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  • *The Greatest Love Story Ever ToldClick to open the *The Greatest Love Story Ever Told menu
    • Act I
    • Act II
    • Intermission
    • Act III
    • Act IV
    • Act V
  • 1. Moving to Higher Ground in JesusClick to open the 1. Moving to Higher Ground in Jesus menu
    • Knowing God
    • A Christmas Message: Giving birth to Jesus
    • Are Mars and Venus Really That Different?
    • The Master Strategist
    • Father Sergius by Leo Tolstoy
    • Keeping it Simple Pt 1, God's Love, Simply Divine
    • Keeping it Simple Pt 2, The Holy Spirit
    • Keeping it Simple Pt 3, What's the Problem?
    • Deeper, Addressing Need Beyond Sin
    • Godly Sorrow and Repentance
    • Partaking of the Wrong Fruit
    • Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth
    • The Heart of the Matter
    • The Eye of the Beholder
    • Equality at the Cross
    • The Simplicity of the Gospel
    • Do We Really Have a Choice?
    • Is Faith Blind?
    • Is it Really not About Me?
    • Our "Rubber to Road" Experience...
    • Bearing Fruit
    • The Love of God and Change
  • 2. The Twilight ZoneClick to open the 2.  The Twilight Zone menu
    • Episode 11: The View
    • Episode 1: Food Fight
    • Episode 2: My Run for Office
    • Episode 3: Crash Course
    • Episode 4: Double Blow
    • Episode 5: Bo Bo the Boxing Cat
    • Episode 6: A Rude Awakening
    • Episode 7: The Clinic
    • Episode 8: A Quality of Mercy
    • Episode 9: What Lies Ahead?
    • Episode 10: Inception
  • 2b. Twilight Zone Study GuideClick to open the 2b. Twilight Zone Study Guide menu
    • Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth
    • Points of View
  • 3. A Cup of LaughterClick to open the 3. A Cup of Laughter menu
    • I Think I Prevented a Murder...
    • What's with the Buzz?
    • Bo Bo the Boxing Cat
    • When Laughter Becomes Horrific
    • Cyber Wars
    • My Run for Office
    • Walking in Your Shoes
    • This Earthen Vessel
    • Signs That You May Talk too Much
    • The "ITES" Family
    • Pesky Squirrels
    • No Cheap Thrill
    • Biketoberfest is Here
    • Mercy for Me
    • A Letter to Pastor and his Homies
    • Holy Spirit Take the Wheel
  • 4. Family MattersClick to open the 4. Family Matters menu
    • Jesus or Santa Clause?
    • A Journey Called Life
    • Discussing Theology...and Everything Else
    • Growing up...by Grace through Faith in Jesus
    • Lessons from Corporate America
    • Lessons from Family Life
    • Those Sensitive Teen Years
    • Intimacy, Love, and Commitment
    • Points of View
    • Say What?
    • Identifying with our Beliefs and Values
    • My Multi-Racial Complex
    • Soul Ties
    • Home Building, Phase One
    • Home Building, Phase Two
    • Home Building, Phase Three
    • Family Matters
  • 5. Soup for the SoulClick to open the 5. Soup for the Soul menu
    • Love so Big and Faithful...
    • Transparent Butterfly
    • Down to Your Final Grains...
    • First Love
    • The Wounded Soldier
    • When Your Hut's on Fire
    • The "W" in Christmas
    • God Cares for You!
    • The Mechanical Pencil
    • The Child in Me
    • Princess Jen's Story
    • The Cake
  • 6. ExtrasClick to open the 6. Extras menu
    • The Legend of the Three Trees
    • The Song of the Heart
    • The Progressive Journey
    • What's all the Worship About?
    • That Shiny Nose
    • The Call from the Dark Side
    • A Cinderella Story
    • The Invisible Woman
    • Captivity, Love, and Liberty
    • The Story of a Soul
  • *Holiday Greetings all Year RoundClick to open the *Holiday Greetings all Year Round menu
    • What is Christmas About?
    • The "W" in Christmas
    • That Shiny Nose
    • More Holiday Music Videos
    • Review: Christmas Show at the Gaylord Palms
    • Host an International Student for the Christmas Break
  • 7. ReviewsClick to open the 7. Reviews menu
    • St. John the Baptist Cathedral in Savannah, Georgia
    • Religulous by Bill Maher
    • Villa Mirabella - book
    • We Cry Out / Jesus Culture - music
    • Confessions of a Shopaholic - movie
    • Christmas Shows at the Gaylord Palms - entertaiment
    • The Big Kahuna - movie
    • Jumper - movie
    • Inception - movie
    • Temple Grandin - movie
  • 8. Story: Christian Stepfordville, Book One: Fire and IceClick to open the 8. Story: Christian Stepfordville, Book One:  Fire and Ice menu
    • Part I: A New Season
    • Part II: Christian Stepfordville
    • Part III: Close Encounters
    • Part IV: Alex
    • Part V: A Delicious Surprise
    • Part VI: This Masquerade
    • Part VII: A Glimpse Behind the Veil
    • Part VIII: What to Make of it?
    • Part IX: Under the Influence
    • Part X: The Revolutionary
    • Part XI: Reuben
    • Part XII: A Table for Two
    • Part XIII: JC
    • Part XIV: Eclipse
    • Part XV: Wake Up Call
    • Part XVI: The Dance
    • Part XVII: The Recruit
    • Part XVIII: Growing Pains
    • Part XIX: The Law, To Protect and Serve
    • Part XX: A Radiant Covering
    • Part XXI: Jim
    • Part XXII: Contemplations
    • Part XXIII Hope Floats
    • Part XXIV: Reality Check
    • Part XXV: The Sower and the Seed
    • Part XXVI: Out of the Comfort Zone
    • Part XXVII: The Promise, The Problem, and Uncertainty
    • Part XXVIII: Meeting the Boys
    • Part XXIX: The Master's Touch
    • Part XXX: The Mark of Maturity
    • Part XXXI: Camille
    • Part XXXII: Bible Reading
    • Part XXXIII: Where's Your Faith?
    • Part XXXIV: Angela
    • Part XXXV: The Prognosis
    • Part XXXVI: A New Start
    • Part XXXVII: Dinner Invitation
    • Part XXXVIII: The Deep
    • Part XXXIX: The Receiver
    • Part XL: Dance Lessons
    • Part XLI: A Genuine Proverbs 31 Woman
    • Part XLII: Letting the Cat out of the Bag
    • Part XLIII: LIght and Darkness
    • Part XLIV: Fair Play
    • Part: XLV: Motives
    • Part XLVI: Bilingual Lessons
    • Part XLVII: Where to go from Here?
    • Part XLVIII: The Confessional Booth
  • 8b. Christian Stepfordville, Book Two: Loving God and Loving NeighborClick to open the 8b. Christian Stepfordville, Book Two:  Loving God and Loving Neighbor menu
    • Part I: Who's Calling?
    • Part II: A Rebel Without a Cause
    • Part III: The Importance of, "In the Beginning..."
  • 9. En EspanolClick to open the 9. En Espanol menu
    • Lucha de Alimento
    • ¿Son Marte y Venus Realmente Que Diferente?
    • Curso Intensivo
    • Cuando La Risa Se Convierte En Horribles
    • Hasta su final de Cereales, Alimentación de Migas
  • 10. Jo's CornerClick to open the 10. Jo's Corner menu
    • A Getaway with the Lord in Savannah, Georgia
    • Stalking the Divine
    • Robin's Egg Blue Eyes
    • Dating the Lord
    • His Awesome Craftmanship
    • More Signs of New LIfe
    • Signs of New Life
    • Seeing the Flip Side of it all
    • Vision
    • Wind Surfing
    • Prayer, a Precious Gift Indeed
    • In Touch with our femininity
  • 11. Scriptures, Quotes, and Prayers
  • 12. Art Gallery featuring Henry JackmanClick to open the 12.  Art Gallery featuring Henry Jackman menu
    • An Interview with Henry Jackman
  • 13. Media Center: Sermons and MusicClick to open the 13. Media Center:  Sermons and Music menu
    • Music Videos, Page 1 of 2
    • Music Videos, Page 2 of 2
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The Higher Ground of Truth Revealed

 

Is Faith Blind?

 

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 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.  -2 Cor. 3:18


 

What is faith exactly?  In Romans the Apostle Paul elaborates on the topic of faith.

 

Romans 11:1 (KJV) - Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

 

Faith is substance, yet when faith is used it is used in conjunction with the unseen, or not physically apparent.  It is "the evidence of things not seen". 

 

Is faith really blind?  I would have to answer no.  Faith is not some wishful thinking.  It also doesn't deny the physical evidence before it but travels beyond it.  It is substance and evidence.  These are concrete things.  It is a knowing that is solid and concrete, a knowing of the heart.  To see with the eyes of our hearts.  These things cannot be faked and like the parable of the sower and the seed, time and circumstances will reveal how deeply rooted we are in his truth.  So how do we come to believe?  

 

Romans 10:17 (KJV) - So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

 

As the truth of his Word is revealed to us by his Spirit (2 Corinthians 2:14) we will see with the eyes of our hearts and believe.   

 

We also know there is a gift of faith (1 Corinthians 12) that some are given for the common good.  Whatever portion of faith has been give to us we know the Lord gives increase with good stewardship. 

 

So the next time you find yourself lacking in faith consider drawing closer to our Lord, confessing your lack, and ask Him to reveal Himself and his Word to you so that you may come to see with the eyes of your heart and believe. 

 

And remember that our faith needs to be in Him.  Not on our limited knowledge, not in our circumstances, but in Him.  When the changing landscapes seem to defy what we feel we know of his ways we can always trust in His love and goodness.

 

Proverbs 3:5-6 (KJV) - Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.  In all they ways acknowledge him, and He shall direct thy paths.

 


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