Have you ever tried to play catch while wearing an eye patch? You need two eyes to see distance. You can compensate a bit by moving your head from place to place. But it’s easier and far more effective to have two good eyes.
Your soul has one eye. It sees negatives: you’re lonely. You’re a failure. You’re a flunkie. You’re an addict. You’re unemployed. You’re bankrupt. You’re barren.
But FAITH is like a second eye for your soul. Faith allows you to see hope. But you still see the negatives too. And “faith comes by hearing the word of God” Romans 10:17. You don’t muster it up on your own. You pray for God to speak and He does and HIS WORD in your heart gives you faith.
Faith gave Sarah and Hannah sons, though their souls KNEW they were barren.
Faith took Noah on a 100-year building project, though his soul could still see that the whole thing was crazy.
Faith encouraged Moses to live as a Hebrew though his soul knew he was giving up everything by leaving the palace.
And FAITH is what Abraham experienced as he stood over Isaac with a knife. He KNEW Isaac was the child of promise, AND he knew God asked him to give him up. Hebrews says Abe had faith God would bring him back. This situation was tricky—it was not a choice between faith in a word from God or focusing on discouraging circumstances like the others mentioned above. Abraham faced two opposing words from God. Yet Abe walked in faith and trusted in God’s merciful, kind heart. Sometimes that’s all you can do.
Your soul will always see negatives. But walk by faith; like a rifle shooter, sometimes it’s best to make faith your dominant eye, and close the weaker eye of the soul. And if you’re still struggling, REST in the knowledge that God’s heart is merciful and kind.
He loves you! Never doubt! Walk in faith! Praise Him for His goodness. It will never fail you!
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