On the Road to Find Out
Years ago, singer songwriter Cat Stevens performed a song called “On the Road to Find Out.” Isn’t our journey towards a broader and deeper and more fulfilling faith much the same?
Knowledge of God and understanding of the biblical paths of truth and faith are meant to be a growing and expanding experience in a “seeking” Christian’s life. This “road to find out” is much the same for someone “seeking” to explore the claims of the bible and Christian faith to determine their interest in moving farther down the road . . . or not.
Belief can be an eye opening and soul enriching process for those who choose to pursue it. If we begin at all, we begin by just “starting” to believe, just as the honest novice proclaimed in Mark 9:24
Saying, “Lord I believe. Help my unbelief.” Such honesty, I believe, is to be commended – not belittled. Too often those a little “farther down the road” react with judgment instead of encouragement towards those whose infant faith is developing. I hate it when that happens. Jesus even affirmed those having an open, trusting, child-like faith.
Certainly there are many facets of faith we should or will eventually know for certain. God’s love, His sovereignty, His compassion, His sense of justice, the ability to discern God’s will, and much much more. But even as we begin to grasp the essences of these not so elementary attributes and concepts, we are only starting to believe. We would be wise to keep our minds and spirits open to the “developmental work” of the One who guides us on the road to finding out, and take pleasure in His company as we sojourn together.
The Christian experience will always be one of finding out. People who profess they have “found it out” tend to worry me.
Mark Carlson
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