Finding Faith

FINDING FAITH by Stephen Lau

To find God, you need faith. Let faith be your guiding star in your life, and you will find Him.

Finding faith begins with loving God. Many Christians believe that following the commandments of God and the precepts of the church is an expression of their love for God. But loving God goes beyond that. Maybe we have never been taught to love God; we were brought up to obey Him. To love God seems such an abstract thought; after all, God is a spirit. However, falling in love with God is no mystery to those who really seek God through their faith. Even Jesus said: “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul.” (Mark 12:30) Jesus would not have demanded the impossible from us. It is not impossible, and can be done with faith. Therefore, it is humanly possible to fall in love with God. With the love for God, faith will come along. That is how you can find faith by loving God first.

Jesus showed us the highest kind of love: self-offering love. “Greater love than this no man hath, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” (John 15:13) What is true of human love is also true of love for God. The Bible has repeatedly shown us individuals with self-offering love for God, such as apostle Peter.

God wants each and every one of us to love Him. However, despite our efforts, our love will be imperfect, because we are imperfect and God is perfect. We are not worthy to love God, and it is impossible to have true love for God over a long period of time without some special help from God. That special help comes in the form of illumination and inspiration—something that God never denies us, if we have faith. “So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. ” (Luke 11:9)

So, we find God only through our love for Him, and we find that love only through faith, and through faith we find God.

But is finding faith easy? Finding faith is a tall order in human life. Why? Because many of us believe in the existence of God, but no more than believing in the existence of the universe. Believing in God with a purpose for each and every one of us is, indeed, a tall order.

To have faith, we need to put our total trust in God. Again, this is difficult. Why? Because self is not only the origin of all sins, but also the greatest enemy of mankind. God’s attributes are offensive to the natural man. Trusting in God is combating the nature of self—which requires a total surrender of self will to God to let Him control the mind and the heart of an individual. Living in faith is a tall order because it is putting everything about faith and love of God into practical application in everyday living. 

You can also find faith through the ancient Chinese wisdom: TAO the Way to Biblical Wisdom.

Stephen Lau

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