Faith in a Fog

For three years the apostles traveled around the Holy Land with Jesus, watching as he healed the sick, cast out demons and raised people from the dead.  They witnessed first-hand him taking a lunch baker of fish and bread, multiplying it to feed thousands.  The saw him walk on water and were spellbound as he commanded the winds and the waves to be still.  They even bore witness to him carrying on a conversation with the long-dead Moses and Elijah.

During this time, he told them that he must go to Jerusalem, be put to death and then would rise on the third day.  Peter tried to talk him out of it while Thomas encouraged the other to go to Jerusalem so they could die with him.  His plan was not a secret.  His power was clearly displayed.

However, after he died and the women who saw the Risen Lord told them about and the apostles went to the empty tomb, their response was more than a little dim: "Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened: (Lk 24:12).

Really?  He wondered what had happened?  Yep!  Miracle after miracle, proof and proof, and yet Peter's best was to wonder what might have happened.  To say that his faith was in a fog is to be generous.  He was straining to see what was clearly shown to him for years.

It is so easy for us to see how foggy Peter's faith was, and even to question how it could have been so dim.  And yet, are we really so different?  Haven't we all witnesses the Lord's provision and protection, been blessed time after time and still struggle with believing he will see us through this latest problem, whatever it might be?  Isn't our faith in a fog as well?

Absolutely it is.  But, take heart for just as Peter;s faith developed despite the fog, so can ours.  Our dim, mustard seed little faith does not disqualified us, it is enough to propel us.  Don't get hung up on the dimness of your humanity, instead be challenged by the brightness of your calling. Just keep on wrestling with your faith hang ups and hang your salvation on his power to save completely instead of your power to see clearly.  Keep walking by faith, even in the fog.  Jus' Say'n.