The Christian life is described in Scripture as a walk of faith (II Cor. 5:7). Just as there are two sides to a coin, there are two sides to the walk of faith. On one side of our walk of faith there is comfort and ease. One this side, God seemingly answers our prayers rather quickly and we flow in almost uninterrupted victory.
On the other side of faith (the coin) there is suffering, trials, tribulations, persecutions, disappointments and sometimes flat out misery. If the truth be told, this is the side of faith that molds and fashions us into the kind of persons God what have us to be.
Normally, we do not grow spiritually when the road is easy. Therefore, God pre-ordains and decrees that we experience the other side of faith. If you are experiencing the other side of faith, here are a few nuggets of wisdom I have learned:
- Faith doesn't always know where its going, it trusts the One who is leading.
- Faith doesn't demand an explanation, it merely summons the grace and strength to endure.
- Faith is not a blind leap into the dark, it is a deliberate step into the hands of a loving God with our eyes wide open.
- Faith is not praying and getting from God what I asked for, it is praying and rejoicing over what He has chosen for me.
- Faith is not a chance, but a certainty.
- Faith is not a guessing, but a knowing.
- Faith is not a mere contentment with human misery, it is a calming satisfaction in glorifying God.
Just as there is no one-sided coin, there is no one-sided walk of faith. Each aspect of our walk with Him is sovereignly decreed - the smooth, the rough and all that is in-between.
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