It’s hard to have faith…

Tonight Ismael was leading a Bible study all about trusting God to do the impossible.  One of the passages we read from was 1Peter 5:6-7:

Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

Do you think this might be a good definition of faith?  There are lots of ways we could define faith, and they all show different aspects of what faith is.

As Christians we know that “faith” has to have an object.  It’s not “faith that things are going to get better” or “you just gotta have faith!”  No, it’s faith in the God of the Bible.

And the God of the Bible is the Almighty, the All Knowing, the All Wise.  He is also the Loving Father.

He’s the one who sees the big picture that we don’t see.  He’s the one who cares for us.

So I wonder if this verse could show two aspects of faith – we trust Him enough to humble ourselves and give Him his proper place in the universe.  And we cast our cares on Him – knowing that He isn’t some distant deity or an angry tyrant.  He’s a God who cares, and so we can leave these things in His hands.

Sometimes it’s hard to have faith.  But it should be a lot easier as we learn who God is, and how He cares for His people.