A Course in Miracles Topic - Faith
Truth calls for faith, and faith makes room for truth. T-17.VII.9:4.
Faith is like going down a ladder and trusting that the next step will hold you. Until you actually stand on it, you don't really know, and yet you can't get anywhere without trusting. Faith is what allows the trust to be confirmed.
… faith can be rewarded
only in terms of the belief in which the faith was placed. Faith
makes the power of belief, and where it is invested determines its
reward. For faith is always given what is treasured, and what
is treasured is returned to you.The
world can give you only what you gave it, for being nothing but your
own projection, it has no meaning apart from what you found in it and
placed your faith in. Be faithful unto darkness and you will
not see, because your faith will be rewarded as you gave it. You will
accept your treasure ... Whatever you hold dear you think is yours.
The power of your valuing will make it so. T-13.IX.2:4-6/3:1-5.
Have faith in only this one
thing, and it will be sufficient: God wills you be in Heaven, and
nothing can keep you from it, or it from you. T-13.XI.7:1.
… He asks for faith a
little longer, even in bewilderment. For this will go, and you will
see the justification for your faith emerge, to bring you shining
conviction. T-17.V.7.11,12.
Let truth be what it is. Do
not intrude upon it, do not attack it, do not interrupt its coming.
Let it encompass every situation and bring you peace. Not even faith
is asked of you, for truth asks nothing. Let it enter, and it will
call forth and secure for you the faith you need for peace. But rise
you not against it, for against your opposition it cannot come.... What has been
demonstrated has called for faith, and has been given it. ... The
strain of refusing faith to truth is enormous, and far greater than
you realize. But to answer truth with faith entails no strain at
all. T-17.VIII.2:2-7/3:5,7,8.
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