Through our
spiritual growth in Christ, several inwards debates on whether we should
prioritise common sense over faith, could arise and probably mess up our
journey on the road to full purpose and destiny. On this post, I have the answer to the question:
'How do we match
common sense and our faith in God?’
Christianity is an
adventure. Contrarily to what many people think, it is not a boring and dull
life. Christianity becomes a passion and a great journey ,only from the moment we start hearing the
voice of God instructing us on what our
mission on Earth is.
Yep, God speaks. We
just need to be attentive.
Each human being in
Christ has been already programmed for a reason to live. Those reasons might
vary from one to another. And the only person who knows best what those reasons
are , is the programmer: ‘God’.
Pure science is
still arguing the existence of God , simply because He is a Spirit Being and He
can not be measured palpably. This post is not centred on debating the
existence of God , but rather will focus on finding an instructive method or
explanation on how our common sense can
match our Faith in God.
I have a little
story that might help:
‘In a far away
village (or township) located in South Africa, a young Christian man named
Khaya, was told by God, that he had to become a medical doctor in view to help communities and be
able to financially support the cause of Christ in his local Church. But there
was one big problem: ‘Khaya is from a poor background. His father left him when
he was 7. His mother struggles to feed him and his two siblings, through a
small peanut hawking business. Khaya’s family lives in a poorly constructed
home, also called ‘djondolo’.
At first
impression, it seems like the dream that God has given him, is too big to
achieve.
He could not even
afford the college fees to study medicine. But Khaya understood one thing:
‘turn your human thinking into God’s thinking. In other words, your thinking must approve what God thinks of you and
follow through.’ (Romans 12:1-4)
Khaya eventually
took the courage to follow God’s voice, registered for college, was eligible
for a bursary and five years later became a successful medical surgeon.
What can we learn
from it?
There are two types
of common sense:
1.Common sense that stands against God’s thinking.
If Khaya had opted for that mentality, then he
would have logically said things like: ‘I am too poor, I am black,
disadvantaged and live in poor conditions. Why should I even try on going in a
Godly project that I can’t afford?
He (Khaya) would not try anything. That’s natural
common sense.
2. Common sense that matches God’ s thinking:
On the contrary,
Khaya took the stand and decided to change his natural mindset into thinking like God. As soon as he heard the Voice, he asked himself:
‘Which steps should I take to make this adorable dream
come true?’
And that’s how you
match common sense with faith in God. You don’t argue against Him, but rather
embrace the Voice and attempt to find the right
steps that will lead you into realising that dream. Too many have accepted the
Voice, but have failed to achieve the
dream because of their rushing excitement , lack of common sense and by not
attempting to find the right steps.
Just submit your
reasoning to God’s thinking and a world of impossibilities will unlock its
riches towards you.
Think about yourself like God thinks about you.
Maurice Kande
