Faith Forum ~ Belief By Gloria Wessner

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When it comes to talking about God, the word 'belief' is an action word. With God, one won't be able to sit on the fence forever when it comes to believing or not believing in Him. At some point along one's spiritual journey, a person will be making that choice about God. (When a person 'sits on the fence', they have in fact chosen not to believe at that point. By not making a choice, one has in essence made a choice through indifference.) Not head knowledge about God, but heart knowledge of Him. There is a huge difference. Many, if not the majority of people when asked, would say they believe in God. If you ask them to expand on that thought, it's usually a generalized belief that says,”Yeah, I believe there is a God.” That's often as far as it goes. Heart knowledge of God says, “I believe in God, I've given myself to Him, and I'm going to find out how He wants me to live.” Heart knowledge also knows beyond the shadow of a doubt that you or I belong to Him and He lives right inside me. If one seriously wants to believe in something or someone, they will do something about it.
One of the ironic things is that God, right from the beginning of time, believes in us. So much so, that:
“For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him.” (John 3:16, 17 NLT)
What he is asking of us is to reciprocate that and believe in Him, as he encourages us to do here:
“Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life.” (John 5:24 NIV)
Or, put in other words:
"It's urgent that you listen carefully to this: Anyone here who believes what I am saying right now and aligns himself with the Father, who has in fact put me in charge, has at this very moment the real, lasting life and is no longer condemned to be an outsider. This person has taken a giant step from the world of the dead to the world of the living.” (John 5:24 The Message)
As this saying from dictionary.com says: “After all, the great enemy of belief isn't disbelief but indifference.” Are you ready to move from indifference to belief or are you wanting to find out further about a serious life (heart knowledge) with God? Feel free to write Gloria at: gloriawes@hotmail.com.