To Have Faith

Faith is a word commonly found in the Bible particularly in the New testament. It is a word commonly used in Christian circles. Faith can sometimes be substituted for the word hope and even at times it is in the definition.

There are different definitions of the word faith but the one I am talking about is the definition of hope or believing that something will happen. Faith can be defined as the hope or believe that something or someone you have been waiting earnestly for will come. At times it is the act of trusting God for your heart desires. To have faith in God is to trust him that he will bring your prayers and needs into fruition. This is slowly turning into a sermon. Lol.

Let me break it down. Say you know someone that always comes through for you in your time of need but the person always does it at his appointed time in no rush at all. Now you keep asking the person for a certain request thinking that if you don't get it right there and now your world will end. Regardless of this you don't stop asking the person.

Through the past relationships you've had with the person you develop a sense a trust in his ability to turn up for you. Just like Ronaldo fans anytime he scores an hat-trick against a small team he dey always turn up. So you have faith in the person to deliver and answer your request. That is what having faith means.

Now how can we apply this in life?

Life is getting harder day by day and there doesn't seem to be any hope in sight. Basic living essentials are getting more expensive and people are stick between a rock and a hard place. Things are getting worrisome and what I witnessed today just showed me how desperate people are.

I was at the farm today and people came to buy fish. Broodstock African catfish to be precise. We sell it per kg at $6.5. A customer brought someone with him and kept asking for my boss and I told him he wasn't around. He even offered me an handshake which was weird. I didn't know he had his own ulterior motive. I asked him if he knew about the price change and he said no. He came closer to me and told me that he told the person he brought that it was $7.2 I said no problem since he was a middle man. I then told him that the price is no longer $6 but he disagreed saying he must talk to my boss. I didn't say anything and I attended him. When he came to collect his cut I explained to him but he still said no. He talked to my boss and then later settled for his cut at the new price. He made sure never to leave me and the person he brought alone making sure that he did not collect my contact in case of another time.

This story perfectly explains the extent to which people are willing to go in this society and economy for money.

The message I am trying to pass across is that we should have faith and hope that things will get better in the future rather than do things we might later regret for money. I know times are hard but that doesn't mean we should throw our values and morals out the window. Let's at least have some dignity and integrity left.

I don't know when things will get better but I have faith it will.