There are some things in this world that just don't make sense to me. Besides the college football BCS ranking system, programming a universal remote, and my wife, there is the whole concept of faith. It seems so simple, yet the more I learn - the more deep it appears to be. Like so many things of God, for example the cosmos, at first they seem simple, but the longer - further - deeper you look, the more you see, but I digress....
Have you ever said or heard someone say "If only God would do this one small thing, I would know what to do or I would believe or I would...(insert condition for God here)". It is a sad thing, but when we ask for God to send us a sign so we can believe, it is contrary to basic doctrine. 'For in hope we have been saved, but hope that is seen is not hope; for who hopes for what he already sees?' (Romans 8:24 NASB).
Basically it is only faith if you believe what you can't see. If you see it, it's like you're cheatin!
I hate to state the obvious, but faith is difficult to (fully) understand. It is very much like a bicept muscle. God gives you a little, and then by it testing it and exercising it, it grows. Exercise hurts a bit, so be prepared, no pain - no gain!
A fully programmed universal remote......Absolutely Brilliant!
