Head Knowledge Not Enough

I am so glad that our faith in the living God in Christ is a living faith, and we have experienced His great mercy in so many ways.  I just do not know where we’d have been had our faith a purely heady, intellectual or mere clinical affair.  Head knowledge is important for growth, but if that is all one has, then he is no better than the devils.  The faith of demons is useless when it comes to facing the potential of death head on.

But then again, that is true of us all, is it not?  Every day we live, we are dying, a fact that so few really appreciate.  And since we are, at this moment, dying, it is urgent that we see every moment in this world as our last.  Who knows?

However, our God has defeated death in Christ’s glorious resurrection, and now believers have nothing to fear about dying.  We have seen a side of our heavenly Father that we haven’t seen before, though we know about it.  We have seen Him care for us and fold us to His breast, assuring us that we are in truth His own dear children.  We have felt His arms around us, supporting us and assuring us.  He has spoken to us through His Word and reminded us of truths we often forget.

Getting back to the update proper, it is important to realise that the surgery that **** has undergone is likely to be but the first stage in a comprehensive plan of treatments to ensure that all cancer cells have been destroyed and/or removed.  This is still unknown to us.  While we will know on Monday, there is a certain apprehension in **** about what will be involved in the future.  She knows that the Father Who has been with her in the past weeks will also be there during any future treatment; but she is still human with all that being human means.  Mind you, it is so refreshing to hear her say that if those she loves coming to know Christ personally, it will have been all worthwhile.  That said, she has no intention of leaving any time soon, though, of course, when that final call comes, she is ready to answer it.  With her hope firmly placed in Christ alone, she has everything to look forward to.