Faith in the Unusual

When someone tells you to consult mediums and spiritists, who whisper and mutter, should not a people inquire of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living? (Isaiah 8:19 NIV)

It is very strange that people would consult the dead (who obviously cannot speak) instead of the true and living God. Why would anyone have faith in the dead, seeing that none has ever come to life again?

Samuel said to Saul, "Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?"
"I am in great distress," Saul said. "The Philistines are fighting against me, and God has departed from me. He no longer answers me, either by prophets or by dreams. So I have called on you to tell me what to do."
Samuel said, "Why do you consult me, now that the Lord has departed from you and become your enemy? The Lord has done what he predicted through me. The Lord has torn the kingdom out of your hands and given it to one of your neighbors - to David. Because you did not obey the Lord or carry out his fierce wrath against the Amalekites, the Lord has done this to you today. The Lord will deliver both Israel and you into the hands of the Philistines, and tomorrow you and your sons will be with me. The Lord will also give the army of Israel into the hands of the Philistines." (1 Samuel 28:15-19 NIV)

Faith in the Usual

And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households and all the people who belonged to Korah and all their goods. (Numbers 16:32 ESV)

The Bible is true but not all truth is in the Bible.

If someone tell you that 2 + 2 = 4 and you say, "I will not believe this until I find it in the Bible", then you will never progress in arithmetic.

The Bible tells us that the just shall live by faith. But the wicked live by faith as well. Everybody lives by faith.

When we take our next step, we never fear that the ground will give way and swallow us up. When we sleep, we assume we will wake up. When we sit on a chair, we do not expect the chair to give way.

We have faith in the usual. Typically, everything will just happen as per normal. Nothing extraordinary will happen and nature will just take its course. But Bible-believing Christians should transfer this faith in the usual to faith in God.

For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. (Matthew 24:38 BSB)