Faith. Believing in something you can\u2019t see, and it seems to form the base of Christianity.<\/p>\n
Often times, I find myself realizing that without faith, I don\u2019t think I\u2019d see God anywhere in life. As we go about our daily lives, how many times do we actually look for God? If we don\u2019t seek Him, it seems like He\u2019s not there.<\/p>\n
There just simply isn\u2019t enough of God occupying our minds nowadays. Most of our thoughts are occupied by things such as financial problems, relationship drama, catching up on the latest Korean TV show, the latest Hollywood gossip, stresses relating to school and work\u2026it\u2019s almost like a Spiritual Wasteland.<\/p>\n
With all these thoughts running through our minds, there just simply isn\u2019t enough room for God to fit in.<\/p>\n
So I often catch myself asking myself\u2026 \u201cWhy do I need faith?\u201d If I look at it from a non-believer\u2019s point of view, why would we need faith? Why is it so important? Why would I care?
\nIf I were a non-believer\u2026honestly it wouldn\u2019t seem like there was anything missing.<\/p>\n
Nowadays it\u2019s so easy to gain satisfaction\u2026faith would seem so old fashioned. A lot of times, faith calls us to be patient, to trust in God\u2019s timing. If I\u2019m not going to gain immediate satisfaction, does it really matter? Is it really worth the space in my already cluttered life?<\/p>\n
When I pray and nothing happens\u2026I think \u201cWhat\u2019s the point?\u201d<\/p>\n
Close your eyes. What is the life you\u2019re living like? What does society throw at you?<\/p>\n
For me, I think of things like celebrities, unattainable beauty standards, reality television, homeless people, children trapped in poverty, people suffering from mental and physical illnesses, families being torn apart\u2026so many things come to mind.<\/p>\n
You know what else comes to mind? My family. My friends. My teachers, lecturers. The nice aunty who always takes my order from the kopitiam I frequent. All the people that are in my life who all have their own struggles, their own hurts.<\/p>\n
Is that all there really is to life, though? Just living day in and day out\u2026going about our jobs, almost like a routine. Where\u2019s the meaning? What\u2019s the point?<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t know about you, but I always thought I needed to live up to the standards of society. To be as beautiful as celebrities appear to be, as happy as the people around me make out to be, as academically talented as those in my year group etc. All the time spent trying to meet those expectations had left me broken down. When I couldn\u2019t achieve those expectations, I felt like a failure. And yes\u2026I asked myself \u201cWhat\u2019s the point? Is this all there is to my life\u2026just chasing after expectations?\u201d<\/p>\n
That\u2019s where faith comes in.<\/p>\n
With faith, there is God. With God, there is hope. Hope gives you something bigger to live for. Rather than just focusing on a life that just seems so superficial, I\u2019m living for now, living for eternity.<\/p>\n
There is more to life than trying to get rich, get powerful, going on vacations or having a prestigious career. We don\u2019t live to work. Faith reminds us that there is something BIGGER than what we are living for.<\/p>\n
Live for Him.<\/p>\n
The world seems so cold, lacking gentleness and hope. Things can seem grey. It can seem lonely, almost selfish even, as everyone seems to be working for their own benefit.<\/p>\n
And right now, I\u2019m trying my best to live my life for Him. And through His grace, touch the lives of people I meet.<\/p>\n
Because God is still around. He\u2019s all around us in our lives. It\u2019s up to us to seek Him though. It\u2019s up to us to seek God in our everyday lives \u2013 through the people around us, through the little moments that we overlook every day.<\/p>\n
That is why faith matters. Without faith, without hope\u2026we would crumble under the weight of the world.<\/p>\n
\u201cYour faith can encourage you, give you strength, help you in hard times and give you hope. The best definition of faith, I believe comes from the Bible, Hebrews 11:1: \u201cFaith shows the reality of what we hope for; it is the evidence of things we cannot see.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOnly God can shut out the waves of depression and feelings of loneliness and failure that come over you. Faith in God\u2019s love alone can salvage the hurt mind\u201d – David Wilkerson,<\/p>\n
\u201cFaith is not the power of positive thinking; it is believing in God and trusting that His will is always best even when you cannot understand why\u201d – Shari Howerton<\/p>\n
Faith. Believing in something you can\u2019t see, and it seems to form the base of Christianity. Often times, I find myself realizing that without faith, I don\u2019t think I\u2019d see God anywhere in life. As we go about our daily lives, how many times do we actually look for God? If we don\u2019t seek Him, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48980,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[195,10],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scaccmm.sarawakmethodist.org\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18681"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scaccmm.sarawakmethodist.org\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scaccmm.sarawakmethodist.org\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scaccmm.sarawakmethodist.org\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scaccmm.sarawakmethodist.org\/new\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/scaccmm.sarawakmethodist.org\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scaccmm.sarawakmethodist.org\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/48980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scaccmm.sarawakmethodist.org\/new\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scaccmm.sarawakmethodist.org\/new\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scaccmm.sarawakmethodist.org\/new\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}