Faith in the Fog
by Bart L. Denny, Ph.D. Text: Mark 9:14-29 Faith That Believes, but Can’t See Clearly Have you ever tried to drive through thick fog at night? You know the road is still there. You know you’re headed in the right direction. But you can’t see very far ahead. So you slow down. You grip the wheel a little tighter. And every decision feels heavier than it should. That’s a lot like what faith can feel like sometimes. I don’t know if this describes your experience, but there have been seasons in my life when I genuinely believed in God. I believed He was real. That He was good. I believed He had the power to act, and that He was working through all things for my good. And at the same time, I struggled to see clearly what He was doing. I still prayed. I still showed up. I still tried to do what I knew was right. But there were nights when I went to bed wondering why nothing seemed to be changing. Belief was still there… But clarity wasn’t. The ...