Psalm 23
1 Samuel 16.1-13
Ephesians 5:1-14
John 9:1-38
Four verbs define faith: see, know, believe and act. First we have to see clearly, not with jaundiced eyes or pre-conceived notions of what is true and what is not. We have to then interpret what we see so that we may know truth. Third we have to believe the evidence of our eyes, mind and heart so that we may obtain greater knowledge, wisdom and understanding. Finally we have to act on that belief as if our lives depend on it being true. That is the actual definition of faith, not some blind leap into the unknown. Samuel shows us faith in anointing David as the next king. David expresses that faith in the 23rd Psalm, he has experience of God that allows him to know that tomorrow God will also be there. Paul knows because he was given sight and a heavenly witness on the road to Damascus. A blind man is healed and comes to faith in Jesus in spite of the fact it cost him "everything" and no one around him joined him in that faith.
