Why the Opposite of Faith Is Not Unbelief

It would be natural to think the opposite of faith is unbelief but it’s not.

The opposite of faith is not unbelief, it’s apathy.

“I’m not interested” is what kills faith, not “I don’t believe.”

If you’re not going anywhere particular you don’t think of yourself as lost. Just wandering. Most people go through life the same way they shop at IKEA. They follow the arrows, unthinking, browsing the wares.

We never look for something until we realize it’s missing. Before we can have faith we must have awareness.

Awareness of the bigger picture. Awareness of our need. Without these a person cannot take steps that lead to faith.

Because faith isn’t something that happens to you. Faith is something you find. And we rarely find things we aren’t looking for.

To find God you must be looking for him.

“You will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.”
–Jeremiah 29.13

If you have awareness and you begin searching there’s a good chance you will find God.

But even then there’s one remaining challenge: we don’t find things unless we look for them in the right places.

In order to find faith:

• You must have awareness

• You need to be searching for God

• You must be looking in the right places

Where are the right places to find God?

That’s what we’ll talk about in next week’s Disciple Notes post.