It seems to me, we often desire faith to conform
to our understanding. Once we understand a thing we then know about it and
therefore may decide to put our trust in it if we. This poses an immense problem for
any who seek God. God, in the fullness of divine being, has not and cannot be
fully understood. We can come to know God’s self-revelation, the Word or Wisdom
of God, but still, even what is revealed to us is hard – perhaps impossible! – to
understand.
On these grounds, if understanding is the prerequisite for
faith, we will never have faith, at least not in its fullness. We are limited
by our knowledge and understanding. What’s more, those with more innate ability
to know and to understand would become the aristocracy among God’s followers!
Blessed is God who makes a way for us all and cherishes us
equally regardless of our minds faculties. God has made it so that Faith does
not require knowledge nor understanding for its existence. It is possible for
us to simply believe that there is a God without knowing who God is nor
understanding God’s desires and will. It is knowledge and understanding that
trail behind our faith giving sense to what we have already encountered.
Therefore, if we would find the fullness of God, first seek
God in faith. Afterwards allow your knowledge and understanding to be the
servants of faith. Great is God and greater are God’s children than our own
minds can know.
