One more time about the power of faith.

You may have sighed more than once, too: How long will this last? You turn on the radio or the television and find yourself being attacked for your faith. You pick up a book or a magazine, and again the attacks against faith. Often under this pressure, many of us doubt, and sometimes our faith seems useless.

The Gospel offers us strength. Jesus Christ looked at faith quite differently. If He praised anything in people, it was faith, and He did not spare words of admiration. He looked with respect at the massive pillars of the temple and knew to admire the expression of solid faith in the same way. Faith, in the eyes of Jesus Christ, must have been something more precious and valuable than the mighty building of the temple. Why did Jesus value the gift of faith so highly among men?

We could get the answer right away. Jesus saw deeply into people and knew most perfectly the innermost part of man. He knew that faith was first and foremost if anything could lift a person. Modern psychology is beginning to give credence to this view of a man held by Jesus. Many exciting discoveries have recently been made in the field of this science.

Scientists have discovered that most illnesses are psychological: negative ideas, fear, hopelessness, loss of meaning in life…
Scientists did a fascinating experiment to show how fear can affect a living organism. They put a cage with a cat next to a cell with a mouse. They waited to see how the mouse would react to the presence of its mortal enemy. What was the result? Although they fed the mouse properly, it died after a few days. It died of fear. On the other hand, scientists say that a positive attitude toward life, optimism, the right life goal, and especially faith gives a person strength for life.
The German scientist Hans Lindemau speaks from his own experience about how strong faith can be in a person’s heart.

Many before him have tried crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a small boat. Not a single one succeeded. The journey took 70 days, and many did not make it. That is, when they were alone on the ship for about 50 days, they began to hallucinate. They went crazy. Lindeman says: “They perished because they didn’t have strong faith.”
And he began to prepare himself for this journey. His preparation consisted of strengthening his faith every day for six months. He constantly repeated to himself: “I can do it!”
By these exercises, he acquired such a strong faith that it was equal to the certainty of conviction. And he did it! He stayed alone in the boat for 70 days and didn’t go crazy.

Even though it is human faith, his words have great gravity. How much more can a supernatural religion, a belief in God? With this faith, a man can do much more than cross the ocean in a boat. We can safely and fearlessly cross the sea of life and withdraw to God. When we have faith, nothing terrible can happen to us.
When we lack faith, we resemble an out-of-tune violin that even the best musician cannot play. Those who do not have faith are like broken violins that cannot be played. God can only work in a heart that has faith. That is why Jesus demanded loyalty from everyone He went to help with His divine power: Do you believe I can do this for you?

To believe in God is to have unwavering confidence in him; come what may!
What does that look like with our faith? Sometimes we witness the words, Oh, how much I have just prayed to the Lord God, and He won’t hear me! God hardly hears such a prayer because it lacks faith. And what is our prayer without faith? Empty chatter. Faith gives power and efficacy to worship.

Let us also begin to look upon faith as a real jewel. It gives us strength for life. On the contrary, fear, pessimism, hopelessness, and unbelief rob us of our spiritual power. These are the actual scourges of humanity. Today’s science also confirms the beneficial effects of faith on one’s mental equilibrium. This is confirmed by a statement from the book How to Survive Stress. In it, the author states an exciting thing: Give someone the gift of faith, and you will decimate their human strength!

So Jesus was right to emphasize faith in people. Faith is the power that helps us get through all obstacles and prolongs our life to infinity.