Flight at the End of the Tunnel

Fight, flight, or faith—which do you choose when you’re going into life’s battles?

November’s Awakening, Day 19

The issue of faith is not so much whether we believe in God, but whether we believe the God we believe in. 

 —R. C. Sproul

When you get to the end of all the light you know and it's time to step into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing that one of two things shall happen: either you will be given something solid to stand on, or you will be taught how to fly.

 —Edward Teller

            Faith to believe in God is one thing, faith to believe everything that God is and has said is quite another. Faith vitality comes when we can trust God because of who He is, what He has already done for us, and what He will continue to most assuredly do. Jesus Christ is the One who is faithful and true, the way, the truth, and the life, and the light that is never dimmed or extinguished. All His promises for us are clearly delineated in His Word and they are genuine and valid without expiration.

            How firm is your faith in Him? How unshakable is your faith when you’re in life’s darkest tunnel, seemingly without end, not knowing what lies ahead? Does your faith penetrate the darkness to see His beckoning light? Are you faithfully trusting that once you break through that darkness there’s solid ground anew to take foot? Or better still, are you prepared to fly and soar across the bottomless chasm when you see Him on the other side with outstretched arms urging you onward? Bold faith—unshakable, unswerving, unrelenting, unyielding—that’s the kind of faith He’s looking for in you.