731. Faith is the Obligation in Belief!!!!!!!!!!!!

A deep contemplation will let us understand the subtle difference between belief and faith, even though; these two words are used interchangeably. Belief is more often than not in the mind, while faith is in the heart. 

Belief can be taken as a matter of opinion but faith is significantly a course of action on a belief. One can believe in something without having faith in it. Belief has doubt as its immediate person and hence is quite undemanding, while faith has confidence as its immediate person and hence requires commitment. 

There was a tightrope walker who could walk on the tight rope between two fifty storeyed buildings at the height of hundred feet from ground. He was such an expert in the act that thousands of people would watch him perform the breathtaking feat. After walking from one building he would ask his assistant to sit on his shoulder and he would proceed to walk across to the other building. 

After the event the audience, who were amazed and gave him a standing ovation. He asked them whether they believed that he could do such a dangerous act. The audience said, “Yes, we believe that you can!” After a short while he asked the audience again, “Anyone here wants to get on my shoulder?” To that the audience became quite. 

We can believe only what we see. In the above incidence, the crowd believed in the tightrope walker because they saw him perform the feat. But when he asked them “Who wants to get on my shoulder?” everyone remain quite. This is because the crowd had belief but they did not have faith in him. 

This is exactly how we behave when we say we believe in Absolute, we fail to have faith in His act. Just having belief will take us nowhere but even more important is to have faith in Him. The assistant has not only the belief on the tightrope walker but also has faith and hence he surrenders himself to the tightrope walker and all he does is sits still and live the rest to the artist; likewise we have to do our duty and surrender our deed to Him so that He will take care if we have complete faith in Him. ................  Right??