I've always loved Christmas time. My wife and I really enjoy decorating the house and enjoying the lights, tree's, etc. And one of the other things we enjoy are Christmas movies. Several of our favorites are the "Santa Clause" with Tim Allen in them.

In the first movie, as he gets back from his first delivery of toys (and for all you grinches out there, yes I know the true meaning of CHRISTmas), he is talking to an elf (stay with me here) and he makes the comment in the title of this blog "I see it, but I don't believe it". To which the elf comes back with a remark about most adults not believeing in santa clause anymore which is why he can't accept what he see's.

But his comment is what I found a bit interesting. I see it, but I don't believe it. Kind of made me think about my own experiences sometimes when it comes to God. I read the Bible often. Probably not as often as I could but I try to read everyday at least some. I pray to God. I serve God. I give to God. And over and over again I see God move in my life and in the life of my family. And yet, for some reason I still struggle with this delima. I see God move...but I don't believe He will again...or this time...or next time.

Why is that? I think a lot of it comes down to the fact that God just doesn't move or think like we do.

Think about it...when you pray and God answers your prayer the way you prayed, your faith is greatly increased and you love and praise God. But when you pray for something and you DON'T get it, you begin to doubt. Maybe God's not listening? Maybe He doesn't care? Maybe the last thing was coincidence? Over and over again we go. And what is ironic about it is that we often times pray that God's Will be done in our lives, but we refuse to accept what His Will is. We refuse to believe that perhaps the reason why God didn't answer our last prayer (or maybe just said NO) is because it isn't in our best interest. But hey, we know what's best for us right?

Maybe that is the real issue. Since we "know" what's best for us, when we pray, we really aren't praying that God's Will be done in our lives, but rather, we are praying that God will simply bless what our own plans and ideas are.

Perhaps we should simply trust God a bit more than we do? Perhaps we should recognize all the times in our lives that God has really moved and even though you didn't understand it at the time, when you looked back, you could see God doing what was best for you? And because we can see God move for our best interest, and know that He wants what is best for us, maybe we should trust Him afterall?

If we see it, maybe we should just believe it?