Thursday, February 16, 2012

Thursday, February 16 ~ Miriam

Today's passage from the Chronological Bible In a Year Reading Plan is Leviticus 11-13.
Today's scripture focus is  Hebrews 11:1-2.

 1 Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. 2 This is what the ancients were commended for.


Verse 1 has to be one of my most favourite verses.  


Some people refuse to believe in God because they can't see Him and they feel that putting their faith in Someone they can't see or hear or touch is ridiculous,  and therefore they refuse to believe that the world was created by Him... but because they have to find some explanation of how the world came to be without God, they choose instead to believe an unprovable theory that requires every bit as much blind faith as belief in creation and God does.  Does anyone else find that strange?  It comes down to choosing where you place your faith, not whether or not to have faith.  


I don't pretend for a second to understand the science involved in attempting to prove or disprove evolution.  Truthfully, I'm actually not that interested in it.  I do know, however, that nothing has ever been conclusively proven to uphold evolution.  Therefore, it must be admitted that belief in the "big bang" or any other theory of how the world and everything in it came to be is based as much on faith as is special creation by a Supreme Being.  


Hebrews 11:1 tells us that not only is faith being certain of what we do not see, but also being sure of what we hope for.  What do those who put their faith in science have to hope for?  


Do we, as Christians, keep in mind what we hope for?  Or do we allow ourselves to become so immersed in the present world that we forget about that we have to look forward to?

Tomorrow's scripture focus:  Hebrews 11:3.
Tomorrow's Bible In a Year Passage passage:  Leviticus 14-15.

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