I’m Just Saying… Belief Isn’t a Destination

John Mayer has a lyric in his song Belief that has stayed with me for years:

“Belief is a beautiful armor, but makes for the heaviest sword. Like punching underwater, you never can hit who you’re trying for.”

That lyric speaks to me in so many ways. Lately, though, it has been on my mind more than usual because I keep finding myself in conversations about belief. Most of the time, I’m the one who starts them.

What we believe shapes so much of who we are. How we live. What we think. How we act.

Belief gives us a sense of security. It makes us feel like we’re holding onto something solid when life often feels completely out of control. It’s what we cling to.

“At least Jesus is still in charge.”

“Everything happens for a reason.”

“I can’t wait until I get to heaven.”

These are the kinds of things we tell ourselves because belief gives us something to stand on.

But belief was never meant to be static. It isn’t something you settle once and never revisit. It grows. It matures. Or at least it should.

Think about almost any area of your life. What you believe today is probably not exactly what you’ll believe ten years from now. Your views on relationships, politics, work, and even yourself will likely change as you grow. So why do we expect our faith to be any different?

Here’s the frustrating part. The more you learn, and sometimes the more you unlearn, the more you realize there is still more to be discover.

Belief isn’t a destination. It’s the road. One that has been traveled by those who came before us and will be traveled by those who come after us. There is always more to learn.

Maybe the goal was never to know everything, as if certainty were the prize waiting at the end. Maybe the point isn’t to master belief, but to keep choosing it, even while admitting there is still so much we don’t know.

Because belief isn’t something you possess. It’s something you choose. Today. And then again tomorrow.

Faith doesn’t demand that we have every answer. It invites us to keep walking, to keep asking, to keep learning, and to keep trusting. Not because we’ve figured it all out, but because we’ve decided that the journey is worth continuing.

I’m just saying…