FINDING FAITH - 7

“But what if I don’t have faith?”, you might say. Of course you don’t have faith - God has faith.

Why is that? because faith is based on knowledge - on certainty. You can’t be certain of anything, except what you know. That’s why you have faith that the sun will come up, that summer will come, that your toaster will make toast, that flipping the switch makes the lights come on - that. Some of you might even have faith that your car will start!

The more you are certain, the more you have faith - but only God has complete faith - that’s because all knowledge is contained in Universal Intelligence. And that’s the knowledge that is deep within you. At your heart, all knowledge lies. Within your feeble outward intelligence, lies the inward source of ALL intelligence.

How do you obtain it? Just ask! As Jesus said, “Ask and you shall receive - knock and the door shall be opened.” If you want faith, ask consciously for faith. Ask for the confidence to KNOW what to do, what to say, how to live.

Think for a minute about the things you have faith in. How did you come by that faith? Why do you believe with certainty that flipping a switch turns on the light? By experience, of course! You have faith because you have seen it done, and you have done it, many times before. Faith in other things comes about by practice, by starting small and then letting your experience grow. But it starts by asking.

Don’t listen to me - ask within yourself - Let that same Christ-mind be in you that was in Jesus, and Buddha, and other great teachers of truth. Follow your own advice - choose your own path - let your own faith carry you. If you only borrow faith, you will borrow someone else’s path too, instead of walking your own.

Start now with small things. Set an intention, and follow through - don't accept drawbacks, and let the completion of your intention be added to your storehouse of confidence - of faith.