“Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.” John 20
“To some it is given by the Holy Ghost to know....To others it is given to believe, that they also might have eternal life” DC46.
“To some it is given by the Holy Ghost to know....To others it is given to believe, that they also might have eternal life” DC46.
It’s human to value concrete knowledge over faith or belief (we’re concrete beings living in a physical world, after all.) But God values your belief above your knowledge. How much nobler to trust him for what you can’t see nor touch. How humble & submissive to his will.
One who believes but has yet to obtain the fulness of knowledge he desires may find himself feeling inadequate in his testimony. (What a grave lie satan plants in a heart’s fertile soil!) God hears not résumés but prayers. He counts not what we witness but what we do.
There are many who were present when Christ dwelt among men on earth. With their eyes, ears, hands, & hearts they knew him, & yet turned away. Their knowledge profited them nothing in the end.
Those to whom God grants eternity are the believers who, knowing all, part, or nothing for certain, dedicated their love & lives to obeying his commandments & joyfully doing his will. In the grand scheme, faith is why we’re here—to see if we’ll *do* God’s will, not merely know.
The great miracle is that the path of believing & doing is a high road that almost inevitably leads to seeing all from above, seeing the whole picture & the way things fit, that sudden remembering of pre-mortal truths that we call conversion—that which we call “knowing.”
We don’t all find it the same way or at the same time. Some retrieve divine knowledge as youth. Some are faithful to the end & only remember at the moment they’re received into paradise (how blessed are these most faithful saints!) But most of us who seek will find in this world.
Do NOT be reductive of your testimony if it’s grounded in belief though your knowledge is not yet perfect. Some w/perfect knowledge still fall. But “faith is not to have a perfect knowledge of things; if ye have faith ye hope for things which are not seen, which are true.” Alma32
Rejoice in your testimony of faith. Share all you believe & that which you also know. Have peace. As you plant your feet upon the Rock of the Redeemer & anxiously engage in his work, he will gently reveal himself before you. Then “your knowledge is perfect in that thing.” Alma32
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