Do you really believe this stuff?
I love to study the words of Jesus, as he talks about the Kingdom of God. When I was working out this morning I was listening to the Bible in my headphones. When I got home and cleaned up, I was re-reading/re-listening over at the DAB (Daily Audio Bible) and came across this quote.
“God has asked us to believe the unthinkable in order to get to Him. Faith. The substance of things hoped for. The evidence of things not seen. Without this there is no way to please God. Without this there is no way to live for the King and serve the Kingdom. Without this there is no way to have any framework or context for believing at all. This isn’t so much about being a glass half empty person or a glass half full person. This is about whether or not we really believe any of this stuff. And it’s about understanding, that how God goes about bringing His Kingdom in our lives is His business, and it very well may not look like we’d thought. In fact often it’s nothing like we’d thought.”
This challenged my thinking about faith, and how faith has impact on us because faith is the avenue by which God brings His Kingdom in our lives, and to the lives of others. It challenged me to ask myself again, about my faith…”Do I really believe this stuff?”
I pray these thoughts stir you up and messes with your mind all day. I pray the existence of your life will matter to the Kingdom of God.
Has it mattered? Will it matter?
Props to Brian Hardin from the Daily Audio Bible for the preceding quote. I added the underlines.
What are your thoughts?
