Funny how things work. Almost exactly a year ago I wrote a blog entitled "Blind Faith" with the emphasis being on trusting God even though we can't see His plan. As I sat down to write this week's message the title "Blind Faith" was what I was thinking, but it sounded so familiar I decided to do a search of all the posts that I've been blessed to share over these past 10+ years of penning Flat Tire Ministries Thoughts. Sure enough, the April 27, 2025 post popped up on my screen. So, long story made short, I still have a message referencing blind faith, but definitely a different viewpoint for the concept in our message today. I've aptly swerved and renamed today's message "Walking by Faith", I hope it serves as a blessing to you as much as it has me! Read on.
"Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see." Hebrews 11:1. There really isn't a better title for today's message than "Blind Faith" but nevertheless the concept can still be our focal point in our time together. As we get started, I think we need to have a clear idea of what is meant when we say someone has "blind faith". The term represents "a deep level of trust, often without evidence" according to the U.S. Dictionary. Hence another term, "walking by faith" as it is often used in reference to a person that "blindly" adheres to their walk with God. If I walk by faith fully trusting in God's plan, I am in essence walking in blind faith, because I haven't seen God, so my faith in God is based not on what I have seen, but instead on what I believe. For me walking by faith is similar to someone without sight that boldly moves forward trusting that the path forward is laid out in front of them.
Visually impaired individuals are a model of bravery to me. I can't imagine what it is like to take that first step forward with no idea of what you are about to step out to. To do so you would have to have a great deal of faith that the road ahead is there, call it blind faith if you like, but I deem it courageous and admirable. Completely trusting in God requires that same boldness. For those that place their full trust in God and the teachings of His Holy Bible choosing to follow and adhere to His commands requires a certain degree of "blind faith".
We can see the results of God's hand. All of creation was breathed into existence by His command "Let there be light and there was light". Genesis 1:3. The miracle of a newborn child, a star racing across the starlit night, or even the roaring crash of a mighty wave as it approaches the shore. These are all visual examples of God's hand, but they are not God. Our faith, blind as it may be, trusts that God created all of the aforementioned along with everything else we see, hear, or even sense. Love is felt and experienced, we don't see "love" but we feel it and we trust in it. "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whosoever believeth in Him shall not die, but have everlasting life." John 3:16. Whosoever "believeth" shall be saved. For some people "seeing is believing" for those who trust in God and place their faith in Him, the evidence is not in seeing God, but believing in God! Hence blind faith walking!
But how does all of this apply to your own daily walk? You may be dealing with health matters that far exceed what any other person around you deals with on a daily basis. You may have hit rock bottom financially and you can't see the day of light from the pit you are experiencing. Drugs, alcohol, or any other addiction, I don't walk in your shoes, but there again you don't walk in mine. We each have to walk in our own shoes. So, not that what you are dealing with is better or worse than your neighbor, but singularly relevant, whatever you are walking through you can be at peace because you are not walking alone! Just as Hebrews 11 goes on to explain, men and women down through history walked by faith, blindly trusting that God was real and that God was right there beside them along their journey. By faith Noah, by faith Abraham, by faith Moses, by faith Samson, David, and all the others that followed up to you and I all walk blindly trusting in our Lord and Savior's plan for this life He has given us to live.
If you are not trusting God then you are living life blindly as well, but that walk is dark and lonely. Allow yourself to develop a faith that walks through darkness without stumbling or getting lost. Walk by faith not by light and allow God to direct your path, (Proverbs 16:9). God's love is unlike anything we experience outside of Him, He has a plan for your life and He walks alongside you each step you take.
"What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived - the things God has prepared for those who love him" I Corinthians 2:9
Coach Carter
