Okay, there is a lot swimming around in my head today. As usual, life and events bring many things to mind, and our Christian faith has connections to all of them. I know that God does that because all of our life is to be the crucible in which we live out our faith, but we humans have a tendency to want to compartmentalize it, to keep God in certain parts, but not in other parts. Or, we want what God says to apply to certain parts of our lives, but not to others. So, with that being said, I'm simply going to ruminate for a few moments.
First thought: God has fully invested in us. We have the full forgiveness of God in Jesus, who paid the ultimate price for us. We have God going "all in" with us, as He ties His message and His reputation to His people. With that level of investment in us, it really is sad that we so often fail to invest ourselves much in the matters of God in our lives. While being "more invested" in how our faith doesn't change how God sees us as His child, it definetly impacts how others see God, see the Church, and see us as Christians. In that regard, we do indeed reap what we sow.
Second thought: We hear people say things like, "Just trust that God will take care of things" or "Let go, let God." I think these sayings are both right on and, at the same time, widely misused. The reality is that God is always going to take care of things. Our trouble is that we have a hard time believing that God is doing His thing when it goes differently than we expect. We have an outcome in mind, while God's is likely to be far different than what we expect. God's prefered end may not even be pleasant or enjoyable. That's why we have a tough time with this. But, on the other hand, sometimes we hear those phrases, and our tendency can be to use them as excuses not to take action. If God is going to do something, then why should I? And then, we fail to do what God may be putting before us to do.
Okay, I have many more, but that's probably more than enough to put out there for today.
First thought: God has fully invested in us. We have the full forgiveness of God in Jesus, who paid the ultimate price for us. We have God going "all in" with us, as He ties His message and His reputation to His people. With that level of investment in us, it really is sad that we so often fail to invest ourselves much in the matters of God in our lives. While being "more invested" in how our faith doesn't change how God sees us as His child, it definetly impacts how others see God, see the Church, and see us as Christians. In that regard, we do indeed reap what we sow.
Second thought: We hear people say things like, "Just trust that God will take care of things" or "Let go, let God." I think these sayings are both right on and, at the same time, widely misused. The reality is that God is always going to take care of things. Our trouble is that we have a hard time believing that God is doing His thing when it goes differently than we expect. We have an outcome in mind, while God's is likely to be far different than what we expect. God's prefered end may not even be pleasant or enjoyable. That's why we have a tough time with this. But, on the other hand, sometimes we hear those phrases, and our tendency can be to use them as excuses not to take action. If God is going to do something, then why should I? And then, we fail to do what God may be putting before us to do.
Okay, I have many more, but that's probably more than enough to put out there for today.
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