“I have faith that she will get better soon.”
“I have faith that I’ll get into that school.”
I remember two friends telling me these statements pretty close to each other.
They stood out to me because I had been recently studying about faith.
It seemed to me that faith didn’t always work out.
People got sick and died.
Friends didn’t get into schools or get jobs that they wanted.
But… they had faith?
I was reading my scriptures after hearing these statements from friends that just would not get out of my head.
And then it finally clicked.
Not faith FOR a certain result.
Faith IN Jesus Christ.
And I was reminded of this simple but powerful distinction as I read about Zeezrom’s healing.
Alma asked Zeezrom, who was on death’s door, “Do you believe in Christ?”
Zeezrom responded with a yes.
And Alma said, “IF thou believest in the redemption of Christ thou canst be healed.”
In Zeezrom’s situation, Alma knew that God’s will was to heal Zeezrom and keep him on earth.
But Zeezrom’s faith was not IN his healing, just as the women’s faith had not been IN their saving, or Alma’s faith IN his success for sharing the gospel.
Their faith was IN Jesus Christ.
“Then Alma cried unto the Lord, saying: O Lord our God, have mercy on this man, and heal him according to his faith which is in Christ.” (Alma 15:10
And when your faith is in Jesus Christ, the outcome really doesn’t matter all that much.
Healing or succumbing. Succeeding or failing.
All of it happens to the faithful who place their faith in the One who can bring peace in the storm.
Happy Studying!
-Cali Black
