What is blind faith? I've heard that, but what does it truly mean? According to dictionary.com (I feel like I'm writing a paper here or something) faith is "belief that is not based on proof". In 2 Corinthians 5:7, the Bible says "In faith we walk, not by sight". I have also heard the saying "Faith is believing without seeing". So I think we can all agree on the fact that faith is blind. To walk in faith, is to walk without knowing the path you are taking.
I think people use the word faith a little bit flippently. I have faith, you have faith, we all have faith, but in what? In our car? I have faith my car will get me to where I need to go. In our spouse? I have faith my spouse will take care of me. Or maybe the most dangerous, in our money? I have faith my money will help me survive. Well guess what? None of those things are guaranteed to follow through. Your car might be the top of the line, but it can and will fail. Your spouse may have said those vows, but he can and will fail simply because he is human. You may have a lot of money now, but it also can and will fail you at one point or another. So what do you have faith in? The answer should be God. God is the overseer of everything. So he will get you where you need to go and he will take care of you and only he will help you survive. Not your car, your spouse, your money or anything else.
So if we know what faith means - to step out blindly in trust - and we know what we need to have faith in - God - then what is blind faith? I believe it means to let God take your hand and you simply follow, not because you know where he's taking you, but because you whole-heartedly trust him with every aspect of your life includng your life itself. I am a visual person so I picture this as Indiana Jones is taking that step of faith onto the invisible bridge in the tomb (love those movies!). Or maybe someone taking you by the hand while you are blindfolded and leading you.
Have you ever truly taken that leap of faith? That step of "I have no idea where this is going to lead, but I will follow you because you're asking, Lord" faith? And I mean a true leap of faith, not a leap of "well if it doesn't work out, I can always..." faith. Isn't that like saying "if God doesn't come through, I can always fall back on my own plan"? I am a Plan B person; I like to have my backup plan, worse case scenerio in the back of my mind all planned out. That isn't faith. For example (and this is probably lame), but I really wanted to have my wedding outside. I just love the outdoors and wanted my wedding outside. But, of course, I was worried about rain. What if it rains? Heaven forbid the guests get a little wet. That would just be the worst thing (I'm being sarcastic here in case you didn't pick up on that). So regretably our wedding was held indoors. And guess what? It was the most gorgeous day in September. I think God was saying "why did you have such little faith, look what a great day I've provided for you." That's small, I know and there are much bigger, more life changing questions you should also have faith for. But my point is that even in the small things, God is faithful.
I have recently had to make a life changing decision regarding my job. I have quit a stable, secure job to go back to school full-time. This means we're losing my income and having to pay a lot of money for school. I feel pretty irresponsible now because here we are in a starving economy with people getting laid-off and looking for work, and I'm voluntarily quitting for no more money, but a lot less. On top of that, I don't have a Plan B, and that just isn't me. I am also losing my health insurance so not 100% sure where we are going to get that either. So again, feeling irresponsible because I have no Plan B. However, in light of my irresponsibility, I find myself once again depending fully on the grace of God. He will provide and I just need that blind faith. I don't know what is going to happen, but I need faith that God will provide. Why is that so much easier to say than actually do? It makes me angry that my faith is not strong enough for this. But I also know that God allows things to happen in our lives to grow and test our faith so we can build character and perservere.
