Just Believe?

 

But Jesus on hearing this answered him, “Do not fear; only believe, and she will be well.”  Luke 8:50 (ESV) When we read this encounter, we see the importance of “believing” or faith. We are told in Hebrews that without faith we cannot please God. It is clear that those who are successful in God’s eyes are people who believe, people of faith. Yet the idea of belief and faith by themselves falls short. It is not important that we believe in something. It is important that we believe in God, the one and true God, the only God. It is not important that we believe in someone’s rhetoric, but in truth. Our belief or faith is only as good as the object in which it is. If we believe in ourselves, then we are only as strong and powerful as we can be. If we believe in government, church leaders, or educational systems, we can only be as strong as those institutional leaders are strong. In order to have any benefit from a belief system or our faith, we must believe/have faith in something worthy of belief. God is the only one who fits that category. Those who do not believe in God, or who have trouble with faith in God, do not know Him, for when you know Him, you rest in what you know about Him. It is not necessary to have understanding in order to have faith, it is necessary to know the truth, and when you apply the truth, you are living out your faith. “Just believe” is a nice ditty that is an incomplete thought that will lead people to destruction should they just believe in something other than God.

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