True Meaning of Faith

There is a time in our life that no matter how hard we try, nothing happens. We give it our best, yet we still fail. We start questioning what is wrong with us, what is our purpose on earth. Does God love us in the first place?

The answer is Yes, God loves us all the time, and never that he will forsake us even for a blink. It’s just that sometimes we are looking at the wrong direction; we are searching at the wrong place. Moreover, we are too stubborn to traverse the path God has designed for us.

You wonder, you go to hear mass daily, you pray whole-heartedly, you give penance—but it seems God is not hearing you, he has not seen the goodness in you. Actually, God has long seen you; he heard the desire of your heart already. The problem is it is you who does not listen, you refuse to see because you insist in having what you want you, what you desire because you have been praying for it for a very long time. But faith does not work that way.

Real faith is when you let go and let God. It means total surrender. It is all about letting God take charge of your life, let him direct your way, abide in the script that he has written for you since you came into this world.

Sometimes also, you have surrendered everything, yet the problems do not stop. You pray but what you get in return are more crisis, failures, disappointments, and pains. Do not give up then, that means God is now polishing your being so that you will come out more beautiful in his perfect time. The more faithful you are the more that you will be put to a test. But be happy then, because when you reach that level already, it signifies that glorious days are about to come for you.

Listen. Do not insist. Believe and let God. Keep the faith held high. Remember, the stormy your life will be while you are being faithful, the more beautiful the reward after that when it is time for the rainbow to shine on you.