Faith in the invisible
A number of years ago, militant atheists have launched a concerted attack upon faith in God generally and Christianity specifically. With a London bus campaign that proclaimed ‘Don’t worry, there probably isn’t a God’ they scoffed at the idea of belief. We can be left feeling like brainless buffoons because we live our lives as people of faith. It’s important for us to know that this lampooning is nothing new. Greek culture mocked the idea of putting trust in the invisible or unprovable, which meant that pagans were staggered by the early Christians’ willingness to suffer so terribly for a conviction that was not solidly provable as true.
The writer boldly reminds us that our faith is having ‘assurance about what we do not see’ (Hebrews 11:1), and then commends the heroes of faith throughout biblical history for their faithfulness to what was temporarily unseeable and untouchable. They knew that the day would come when they would see the One who previously was beyond sight.
Perhaps like me, there are times when you wish that God showed himself a little more, and that what is invisible was available for viewing once in a while. Join the crowd of faithful who don’t see, but still believe.