The Paradox of Faith

The weight of glory will crush you

Or it will be the way you will be transformed

As it is revealed 

To it we must yield

Then in our suffering to Jesus we’re conformed

So we live for small moments of redemption

We experience God’s mercy in our day

Though we cannot comprehend 

The beginning from the end

His providence forever is in play…

It’s not about what we understand

In the midst of the present circumstance

We never quite see what God has planned

We never see the endgame in advance

The paradox of faith is yet attaining 

And so we set our sights on things unseen

It’s with the Spirit’s eye

We apprehend the “why”

As on the everlasting arms we lean.

Now within the unseen light we’re living 

As we set our minds on things above

We redirect our gaze

And grace will still amaze

And though this life is hard we live in love

It’s not about what we understand

In the midst of the present circumstance

We never quite see what God has planned

We never see the endgame in advance

So we wait, we wait  as those with hope

In the promises of God we take our stand

And though we cannot see

We gain the victory

As the grace of God we come to understand

So in the midst of this loss and confusion

God’s goodness becomes our reality;

This suffering and loss

Is transformed by the cross

Grace is not limited by what we see.

1 Peter 1:7, 13; 2 Cor. 4:17; 

Romans 8:28; Phil. 3:10

May 2, 2025

Anthony Foster