DAILY VITAMIN

- Logic vs. Faith

"What is faith? It is the confident assurance that something we want is going to happen. It is the certainty that what we hope for is waiting for us, even though we cannot see it up ahead." (Hebrews 11:1 TLB)

Does faith really defy logic? Well, that's a question with contrasting answers.

Logic, in itself, deals with the aggregation of premises to reach a suitable conclusion. Such that if I say I am feeling feverish and have no appetite, then it can be inferred that I am sick. A postulation of fact based on provable evidences. Whereas faith, though, also based on an evidence, relies solely on one truth: that God is good and is real and is all He says He is. In this regard, logic will disagree because it cannot prove there's a God by way of premises.

However, while that may happen, logic is necessary for faith to be legit. 

First, for instance, a man who never knew hepatitis C is incurable would term it coincidence if it does vanishes from his body system. But the fact that we know it is incurable is what gives our faith credence when we do get healed. It helps us to appreciate the miracle that it truly is.

Second is the question WHY? The question "why?" is very paramount for faith to be established. Unfortunately it's a question many Christians avoid. Even in church. Yet it was one Jesus loved to give answer. These "why" questions are the only true test of our faith and the only way to win the total belief of those who never did. For if you do not know the why behind why you live as you do, then it's a ruse. Imagine not knowing why you loved your husband while you were dating, would you have married him? You know the answer. Your knowledge of the why behind that feeling and personal decision is the confidence that bolstered your will to take that step toward forever with him. The same applies to every other thing in life. Without you knowing why God can save a man, why would he let you lead him to Him?

Apostle Peter encouraged this approach to effectively tackling the whys till understanding is ascertained as Christ did. He tells to have these answers at all times (1 Peter 3:15). And we can by the help of the Holy Spirit who teaches us all things (1 John 2:27). Apostle Paul used the same means to convince many of the learned folks of society. That's why I personally believe the study of logic gives advantage to the man of faith. Because faith doesn't deny facts, rather it gives a single reason why such facts may not lead to be presumed conclusion--God. Both gain strength through knowledge. The more knowledge you gather, the more your faith is affected. And God is not adverse to this. That's why He gave us brains, to think, even logically, but at the end to align all these thoughts back to the reality He proclaims as true. So faith is not illogical, it simply transcends logic's limitations. It says "I know what can be and may be once this happens, but I also know that there is something else that can and may be brought to happen because God's involved, and I choose to accept the latter."

In other words faith is a choice. You're not weak because you can see the prospective eventuality of a certain series of events; that's human. You're weak for choosing to accept it as your only reality. Faith always gives us an additional option, a greater option, a more advantageous one. And in spite of the accuracy of logic, we must always bring ourselves to choose that option. To believe and to say "God I know this is how things work in this mortal world most times but I'm going to accept only how you work. So do what only you can do in this situation." And it shall be done. Amen.