What Does It Mean To Believe?

Some folks I know choose to call people who are “rightly related” to Jesus Christ, Believers. Those folks just think other titles, Christian, Saved, Converted, etc., don’t really convey the “new creation” we are when God’s Spirit comes to indwell our life at redemption.

The Truth is, however, often Believers are non-believing. It is not by design, or part of the normality of being human (“I’m only human”), and it is certainly not by choice.

It is, rather, an inherent weakness in the reality that we do not embrace the revealed Word of God with the enthusiasm and dedication we see in our Savior. He was tempted to “not believe” just as we are, yet chose always to stand on the Truth of God’s Word.

Perhaps it is because we have committed so little of the Word to memory. Or because we do not study with the diligence required of those who would be wise, the Truth is not ever-present in our mind and on our tongue.

I want to be a Believer. Every moment of every day, trusting His Spirit within and His Word revealed, so that lapses in believing cease to exist.

It’s a high calling. It is difficult and arduous. It’s supposed to be.