The question the doubter does not ask is whether faith was really useless or simply not used. What would you think of a boy who gave up learning to ride a bicycle, complaining that he hurt himself because his bicycle stopped moving so he had no choice but to fall off? If he wanted to sit comfortably while remaining stationary, he should not have chosen a bicycle but a chair. Similarly faith must be put to use, or it will become useless.Os Guinness
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The question the doubter does not ask is whether faith was really useless or simply not used. This quote is about how important it is for people to believe in God and serve him. The boy who gave up learning to ride his bicycle because he hurt himself when he fell off his bike should have continued to learn to ride his bicycle. Why did he do this? Because the boy believed that if he didn’t learn how to ride his bicycle, he would never be able to get the opportunity to ride it.
He would never get to go on adventures with his family or travel around the world. It was because of this that he did not continue to learn how to ride his bicycle. So what would you do if you were given the opportunity to learn how to ride a bicycle but your teacher said ‘I can’t teach you’? Would you give up? How would you feel if you were given the chance to get on top of an airplane without ever flying in an airplane before? If someone said ‘I can’t teach you how to fly in an airplane, so I will just let you fall off the side of the plane, then will you just give up and stop trying? No! You will continue trying until you either succeed or die trying.
Source: God In The Dark
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