Roy, what is faith? And what religion do you believe in?
Good questions. I’ll answer the religion one first:
I’m not religious, and neither is God. I’m a man of God.
Because I’m a man of God and not a “religious man,” all the walls and titles come down. I get to speak and be myself, and you get to listen and be yourself. That’s how we can actually learn new things together and hear new ideas instead of arguing about labels. If you need a name for it, I believe in the living God—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—but I’m not here to sell you a denomination. I’m here to walk with God.
Faith, to me, started the day I realized God wasn’t guessing about my life He already knew every frame of the movie and still chose to sit with me and watch.
People who know me personally know I don’t make up stories. My faith was tested one night. I woke up and saw what looked like a man in my room huge, maybe 300 pounds and over seven feet tall. I was wide awake. For a moment I froze, but the second I chose in my mind, “I will fight, I won’t run,” it vanished. I was shocked, and a little mad, because I’m no coward and I wanted to swing.
Then it came again, this time as a giant spider. Same choice: fight, not scream or hide. As soon as I chose to fight, it disappeared. Then I heard inside, clear as day: “You passed the test.”
That night taught me something about faith in God and faith in myself. Even when no one else believes you or believes in you, you still have to stand with yourself. God does not like it when you talk bad about yourself or doubt yourself after all, He created you. If He isn’t ashamed to call you His, why should you be ashamed to be you?
When He showed up
What is faith when it comes to God? For me, it began when He visited me and told me who I was, why my life was the way it was, and what had really been going on the whole time. He didn’t just know what I did; He knew why I did it. He knew what they did to me, and why they did it. Nothing was hidden.
I always thought I’d be embarrassed if God ever pulled the curtain back like that. I wasn’t. I was relieved. I’ve always wished others well, wanted the best for people even when they were mean. I’d look at them and think, “That’s too bad you acted that way,” more than, “I hope you burn.” When God showed me He had seen all of that too the good intentions, the confusion, the brokenness it felt like someone finally read my real file instead of the rumor.
What He said about me
God told me something wild: I was the only one of my kind to survive. He said when He created me, He only gave me concern, and He took out fear. That explained a lot. I’ve been attacked spiritually my whole life and somehow, I kept getting back up. I’ve fought battles people never saw and defeated every single one of them not just because I’m strong on my own, but because I walk with a God who sees the whole field.
I’ve chosen love over hate so many times it’s become a reflex. But I’ve also looked my dark side in the eye. I’ve met the anger, the hurt, the rage, and I didn’t pretend it wasn’t there. I learned to master both my light and my dark, to hand both sides to God and say, “Use what’s useful, burn what’s not.” That’s part of spiritual warfare too not just fighting demons outside, but letting God rule the battlefield inside.
What faith in God really is (for me)
So what is faith in God? For me, it’s this:
Faith is knowing that God sees absolutely everything—every thought, every wound, every motive, every secret—and still chooses to stay, to love, to lead.
Faith is believing that when I don’t understand the “why,” He does. He knows why I walked the paths I did. He knows why they hurt me. He knows the spiritual assignments that came against me and why they failed.
Faith is walking through spiritual attacks and saying, “You picked the wrong one. My Father is watching, and I’m not alone here.”
Faith is choosing love when hate would be easier, because I’ve seen what hate turns people into—and I religion synonym don’t want that for me, and honestly, I don’t want that for them either.
Faith is refusing to curse myself with my own mouth, because the God who made me doesn’t make trash and doesn’t bless self‑hatred.
Nothing hidden, nothing wasted
The day you really believe that nothing is hidden from God is the day you stop needing to fake it. He already knows the worst and still calls you by your real name. That’s not meant to scare us; it’s meant to free us.
So my faith looks like this:
I walk like a man who has been fully seen and not rejected.
I fight like a man whose battles are being watched by a Father who doesn’t lose.
I love like a man who has mastered his own shadows enough to choose light on purpose.
I trust God—and I also refuse to betray myself, because the same God who guards me also lives in me.
That’s what faith in God is to me: trusting that the One who knows everything about me and everything done to me is still writing my story, and that every step I take with Him is a step out of fear and deeper into love.
Thank you for taking the time to read my copyright.
May God protect you, and may His peace be with you always.
Roy Dawson
Earth Angel - Master Magical Healer - Singer‑Songwriter - Prophet - Poet