People sometimes think it is easier to have faith than not to. That once you believe, everything becomes clear and simple. But anyone who has really walked with God knows that faith is not easy. Faith is not a shortcut around pain. It is a decision to stand firm when everything around you is shaking.
Jesus said, “Pick up your cross and follow me.” That is not a slogan for comfort. It is an invitation to carry something heavy. Faith is not just believing when life feels light. It is trusting when life gets dark.
I remember when my wife and I found out we were having twins. It was one of the most exciting moments of our lives. Not long after, we learned that one of the twins would have Down syndrome. I will never forget that moment. The air felt heavy. The doctor’s words hung in the room. Then came the looks of concern, the quiet suggestions, the questions about our future.
But my wife and I did not flinch. We knew what God had entrusted us with. We believed this child was not a mistake but a miracle. That is the burden of faith, to believe that even when life takes a turn you did not expect, God’s hand is still guiding the story.
It is easy to have faith when things are going well. When the bills are paid. When your plans are working. When your body is healthy and your relationships are whole. But what about when they are not? What about when the diagnosis comes, or the job disappears? When wars break out and families are torn apart? When you scroll through headlines filled with hate and your prayers still seem unanswered?
That is where faith stops being a feeling and becomes a burden, a sacred one. The burden of believing when it would be easier to give up. The burden of hoping when the evidence says otherwise. The burden of loving when it would be easier to turn away.
Even harder than the moments of crisis are the days of normalcy. The long stretches where life feels routine and uneventful. When there is no big miracle, no tragedy, just the quiet hum of everyday life. Those are the days that test faith in a different way, the discipline of showing up, the perseverance to believe when you do not feel anything at all. Yet even in the quiet, when nothing seems to move, God is still working behind the scenes. Faith is not just built in the fire. It is refined in the ordinary.
Faith is not pretending the pain is not real. It is choosing to trust that God is still good in the middle of it. It is standing on truth when your emotions want to run. It is holding on when logic says to let go.
Scripture says, “Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Faith is not passive. It is not waiting for proof. It is acting on conviction even when you cannot see the outcome. It is building the ark before the rain, walking toward the Red Sea before it parts and believing the tomb will open before it does.
I call it a burden because it requires something of you. It stretches your patience. It confronts your doubts. It forces you to surrender control. But it is also the most beautiful burden you will ever carry. On the other side of it is peace, purpose and presence.
When I look back at my life, the moments I grew the most were not the easy ones. They were the moments when faith cost me something, when I had to keep believing, keep trusting and keep showing up even when I did not have the answers.
The burden of faith is not meant to break you. It is meant to build you. It teaches that faith is not fragile, it is forged. It is not loud, it is steady. And it is not temporary, it endures.
So if you are in a season where faith feels heavy, hold on. God sees you. He is not asking you to carry it alone. He is asking you to walk with Him through it. Because even when the cross feels heavy, His grace carries the weight with you. The weight you carry is not wasted. It is shaping you. It is building something eternal in you.
Keep The Faith (K.T.F)
