Article March 19, 1979 Issue

Healing through enlightened faith

JOHN J. SELOVER

"By faith," the book of Hebrews reports, "Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went." Although he did not fully know his destination, "he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God."^{Heb. 11:8, 10;} Abraham's faith in God involved a forward-looking readiness to be better acquainted with Him—to understand Him more fully.

Faith in God is a strong moral quality derived from Him, and it can always be increased. Any degree of enlightened faith in the supreme and governing power is salutary. Faith blossoms into spiritual understanding as one prays for more spiritual light—as Abraham did.

In its lower sense faith may rest in a person, in a material remedy, or in some other thing or physical circumstance. A material reliance does not lead one to spiritual healing or impel spiritual growth. Neither is it related to the Christian practice of Christ Jesus and his followers, who looked solely to God for healing. Faith in material things tends to deepen one's belief in matter, perhaps in the hope that matter will give him, at least temporarily, happiness and security.

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