Is Anyone Else Seeing This? (Mark 5:35-43)

“Would Jairus believe in the face of fear? Would the mourners believe in spite of what they saw? Would the 9 believe when they wanted to see what He’d do? Would the parents believe God’s next steps after this miracle were better than what conventional wisdom might dictate?

Do we walk by faith and not by sight? We’re supposed to. We’re supposed to live out our daily, ordinary lives by prioritizing and trusting the Word we’ve heard and the leading we’ve received. The problem is, our sight gets in the way.

There is a fascinating phenomenon researchers call the McGurk effect. It demonstrates how our brains prioritize what we see over the evidence of other senses like hearing. In fact, our brains will sometimes see something and then override what we hear, telling us we’ve heard something else, even when it’s not true.

May we be those who trust our Lord for Who He is and live in such a way that we stop being afraid but keep on believing.”