Car Wash Clarity
One never knows when a profound moment of spiritual clarity may inspire. For me this past week, I was at the car wash. God is not limited.
This was a car wash where I got to stay in the car and try to guide myself onto the conveyor rails. Once aligned, the pink foam covered my windshield, and the oscillating brushes started pelting the sides of my car. At that moment, I made a connection with blindness and trust; knowing I would come out the other end with a clean car even though I could not see much of anything except a flashing hot wax light in my peripheral.
While driving home, I knew there was a perfect verse about faith when we cannot see. I thought about other people’s journeys of hope and faith as well as my own journey of hope and faith.
“Now faith is confidence (substance) in what we hope for and assurance (evidence) about what we do not see.” Hebrews 11:1
After reading into this verse through various commentaries, I found one commentary inspiring in that it described the above verse as both the definition of what faith is, and a description of what faith does. All this, wrapped into one concise sentence. Powerful for just seventeen words.
It seems God gives us the exact definition of what faith is and a trust that the Spirit will help us apply the definition by the moment. While the foam covers our windshield, we can have confidence that he will guide us along the conveyor rails as we wait with trust and assurance for what we hope for but cannot yet see.