We Walk By Faith
In 2 Cor. 5:7 the Scriptures state “For we walk by faith and not
by sight.” Difficult questions are out there. Why does God allow those terrible
things to happen? Innocent children become victims of war or crime or hunger.
Good people fall victim to disease. The list could go on.
God does not cause these things - but many would ask why does He even allow them
if He could stop them? The truth is, while we may be able to find some answers
in Scripture, we do no fully understand. We walk by faith and not by sight. At
least we have the ability to look at our fallen world and recognize that not all
is as it ought to be… we comprehend right and wrong even in the darkest of
places.
Faith accepts that God is loving and good even when our present distress would
tend to hide those qualities. Faith endures and does not charge God foolishly
(see Job 1:22) nor does it curse God and die (see Job 2:9,10). Faith accepts
that there is much in the infinite picture that we do not yet see. It looks
beyond the present cares of this world and time to a life beyond where God
promises that He will “wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be
no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more
pain.” (Rev. 21:4). Faith waits patiently for the Lord, putting Him first
always, despite the present distress, and trusts in Him to bring us safely to
that day when faith will become sight.
By Jon W. Quinn
The Final Page
From Expository Files 22.5; May 2015