What faith is for me

I have seen some documentaries and read articles that try to explain God and the Bible scientifically. Prove God is real. I think they are all very interesting and love learning new things, facts and discoveries.
But in the end it still comes down to faith. I’m not saying they are doing a bad job. They’re doing great. But in the end, we as humans can’t prove much about this Great, Majestic, Awesome God that we can call ours!

I can’t physically show Him to you. Pull Him out of the closet where I keep Him in a box. I can’t show you the ark of Noah and prove it’s that, and be a 100% sure. I can’t show you a sneak peak of heaven and watch God creating a human being in the Garden of Eden, out of dirt. I can’t go and do that with you.

And in a way, I think that’s quite logical. Why should I, a tiny little human being, like a half drop in the ocean, be able to explain God to you?
If He’s really the all knowing, Alpha and Omega, Beginning and End, Awesome God I believe He is… then wouldn’t it be presumptuous of me to think I can actually try and prove He exists in human reasoning, something these eyes of ours can see and these brains can fathom?

He’s a lot holier and greater than that, a lot more complicated and glorious. ?Although He’s also so easy and plain to understand that a little kid can understand.

We would like to prove Him with a snap of the fingers. But He wants us to get to know Him. Look for Him in His creation. Read His word. Pray. If we are so diligently, He will meet us there. If we look for Him, search for Him. Believe in Him.

And our amazing God?

He’s not to be trifled with. He won’t hide in the closet, waiting till we call Him out at the times that are convenient for us. He won’t move when we snap our fingers or raise our eyebrows.
The way I see it? The simple and yet so beautiful way that I experience it in? I see…

Our God is there in the breeze
In the rosebud
In the babies’s smile
In a kind word
In the hard days
In tears
In hopelessnes, He gives hope
In the rainbow He gives a promise
He smiles with me when I’m so proud of my beautifully raised bread
Grins when I’m surprised that my cake flopped, although I didn’t follow the recipe and replaced sugar with stevia
Holds out His hand when I beg for patience with my little guys
Nudges me to open His word instead of watching a chick flick or finding another book to get lost in.

It’s so simple, really. He’s there in all the normal and everyday things. The details. But also the big picture, the complicated moments where I really don’t get it. But that’s OK.

I think He just asks us to put our reasoning aside for a bit. Put our ‘I want to understand all of it’ aside. And be like a child. Simple. Just believing. Not trying to be sophisticated or prove anything. Just believe. Take our Father’s hands.

Watch the sunrise at His side.
Come join us?

This post is part of my 31 days series ‘More like My Father’.