Over the years good plans for kingdom advancement have been quenched when the blind faith card was played. Efforts for weighing potential and possibility by church committees have been abruptly trashed by those two words.
From experience, I interpret this phrase as ignorant. From the Word, I interpret it as unbiblical. We walk by faith, not by sight (II Cor. 5:7). From this text our faith is blind; unable to note the distractions which would serve to discourage our hearts.
The blind faith warning is issued at the point of unexplanation. The flesh loves explanation. It does not cherish mystery. Rather, it fears it.
Sight faith, as the reverse would imply, would be a controllable and monitorable movement supported by calculation, examination, and inspection. This form is where most churches rest. When we can get the plans and dreams to balance with the bank accounts while formulating desired results, we will then robustly engage.
Bible classes rehearse the mysterious moves of God, Son, and Spirit. The plea is made for followers to....follow. For those who won't, we then label as unbelievers while our own steps are full of caution in the name of being reasonable.
God's way it light years from earth's habit walk. I believe the church hungers for the moments of the God Surprise. We love testimonies of human restriction being obliterated by divine intervention. We are growing in appetite for morsels of God's movement.
I urge you to beware of the blind faith announcements which are intended to stop us in our tracks. The flesh eyes don't have it in them to see the God potential. Rather, view your walk from the heart eyes of Ephesians 1:18-20.
We are to see. We are to see with a new set of eyes!
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