Do we have Blind Faith?

Blind Faith: Often described as belief without true understanding, perception, or discrimination.

Use in a sentence: "Soemtimes God doesn't always make sense, which is why you gotta trust him with blind faith."

Blind faith is a common phrase in most Christian circles. Often times this phrase finds its way into witnessing moments where a Christian is describing how they follow God with "blind faith." They claim that it's not always easy to follow God and its an uncertain matter to trust God, but sometimes you just have to trust God with "blind faith" and believe what He says is good.

When it comes to "blind faith" Christians...should NOT say this phrase.

Yes, 2 Corinthians 5:7 clearly states, "We walk by faith, not by sight," but this is about not trusting our human eyes to guide us on our Christian walk, because our eyes and our feelings can lead us astray. The way the phrase "Blind Faith" is being used nowadays does not accurately reference this writing from Paul.

The current basic implications of witnessing to someone saying we follow the maker of the universe blindly implies that we don't know whether He is the maker of the universe or not, but we're going to go with following Him anyways (because reasons). If God is the creator of everything and we are the creation, then that should be enough of a reason for us to follow Him dilligently. He has a position of authority over us, because He is the author of our lives (the author has authority). We know God is the creator, because "the heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands" (Psalms 19:1). God is the creator and His position over us is worthy of honor, respect and our trust.

In addition to this, we're not even following the creator blindly on some good feeling or some unseen hope. We know God's will for our lives is always good and trustworthy, because God is good. We know He's good because...well, He told us He is. When the LORD spoke to the prohpet Nahum He told him to write, "The Lord is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in Him, but with an overwhelming flood He will make an end of Nineveh; He will pursue His foes into the realm of darkness" (Nahum 1:7-8). From this Biblical prophecy it sounds like those foes who live in darkness are the ones with blind faith, hoping against all odds and Biblical truths that God won't destroy them like He said He would. (Oh, universalism. We'll get to you soon.)

Saying that we trust God blindly is a way for us to (either intentionally or unintentionally) deny that we accept that God is God. What reason do we have to say that we are unsure about whether we should trust His direction for our lives or not? In Numbers 23:19 it is written "God is not man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Has He said, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken, and will He not fulfill it?" The Bible is full of God's promises and we can trust that He will fulifill every single one of them. He is a good God and we should faithfully follow His will. As Christians, we walk by faith, not by what we see in the world, and we walk in the light of Christ, so if we're walking blindly the only one blinding us is ourselves. Let's stop covering our eyes, and start opening them to the truth of God's goodness and trustworthiness that we see time and time again written down in His holy word.

Sources:

• The Bible (New International Version)
• https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-faith-and-blind-faith
• https://crossexamined.org/biblical-faith-vs-blind-faith/