早晨，我與朋友一起散步，密西根湖在太陽的照耀下波光粼粼，閃爍著點點金光，景色極為壯觀美麗。我請朋友稍等片刻，我要用手機將這美景拍下來。由於陽光的照射，在按下快門之前，我無法看到手機螢幕上的畫面。但以往的經驗告訴我，這張照片一定很好看。我對朋友說：「雖然我們現在看不見螢幕上的畫面，但相信會拍出美麗的景色！」

信心的旅程往往就像拍攝那張照片一樣，有時你看不清螢幕裡的細節，並不表示沒有美麗的畫面。有時你看不見上帝的作為，但你還是可以相信祂一直在你身邊。正如希伯來書的作者寫道：「信心就是相信我們所盼望的必定實現，信心也使我們對不能看見的事有確實的把握」（希伯來書11章1節，新普及譯本）。我們憑著信心，全然信靠並確信這位上帝，在我們看不見或不明白上帝的作為時，更是如此。

有了信心，就算看不清楚，也不能阻擋我們把握機會「拍下美景」。這只會促使我們不斷禱告，尋求上帝的指引。過去有許多人憑信心而行（4-12節），當我們知道在他們身上所發生的事，再加上我們自身的經歷，便能堅固你我的信心。上帝過去如何行事，如今也照樣能再行大事。

During my morning walk, the sun hit the waters of Lake Michigan at a perfect angle to produce a stunning view. I asked my friend to stop and wait for me as I positioned my camera to take a pic. Because of the position of the sun, I couldn’t see the image on my phone’s screen before I snapped the shot. But having done this before, I sensed it would be a great picture. I told my friend, “We can’t see it now, but pictures like this always come out good.”

Walking by faith through this life is often like taking that picture. You can’t always see the details on the screen, but that doesn’t mean the stunning picture isn’t there. You don’t always see God working, but you can trust that He’s there. As the writer of Hebrews penned, “Faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see” (11:1). By faith we place our confidence and assurance in God—especially when we can’t see or understand what He’s doing.

With faith, not seeing doesn’t prevent us from “taking the shot.” It just might make us pray more and seek God’s direction. We can also rely on knowing what’s happened in the past as others have walked by faith (vv. 4–12) as well as through our own stories. What God has done before, He can do again.