Foolishness

Unexplainable belief is foolishness.

Creeds were made. Councils were called. These were done with just one purpose to clarify what they believe. Many people came up with a belief by their own understanding. Others perceived different from each other. Because of different perception, the early church became chaotic. Pointing fingers of who’s at fault became rampant. The calling of many councils were evidences of not just unifying the people from their differences but also of clarifying of what really to believe.

I learned that each one of us have something that we are believing into and we have also that something that we are against of. But before we agree to disagree with others, it is important that we know what we believe and the foundation of that belief. That it is not just because a I-believe-it-just-because reasoning of the faith you are declaring about. That we have to atleast explain a bit why believe such a belief when it seems absurd. There are times that I asked myself “Why am I believing this, this is such a complicated faith?” but often peace came swift through me and an assurance of words from Someone far greater than I am saying, “believe it and if you doubt look to those people who in the same way believed what you believed”. There might be times that we would think that I can stand the opposition that telling me that what I am believing into are wrong, but let’s make sure to hold onto even though we are opposed because knowing that, even that belief we have does not come from us but was and is imprinted, planted by Someone in our heart.

I believe in God the Father who created the heavens and the earth, who loved me so much that had given me His one and ONLY Son named Jesus Christ. I believe in the Son of God who through Him everything were created, who died up on the cross for my sins and brought me to life. I believe that He lived again to show the world that He is God. I believe that ONLY through Him I can be in heaven and be with God. I believe in the Holy Spirit that is one with God and the third person of the Trinity. I believed that Only through Him that man can be convicted to turn away completely from his sinful ways and follow the footstep of the Son. I believe that, He, the third person of the God head, is the manifestation that the God I am serving and following is not a distant God. For He is the seal that I am of God when He works in life.

I believe that not just because the Bible His Word say so but I believe because it is the conviction of my heart, which God himself implanted in me. An author of a book wrote, “Faith is the willingness to be foolish” that foolishness is being a fool for Christ. “He is no fool who gives what he cannot give, who takes what he cannot keep” (from a song), indeed. I am a fool to whom fool are you?