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Does anyone else think that faith is scary? I have been thinking about this a lot lately, faith, that is. There is a great line in C.S. Lewis’ The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, where Susan asks the beaver if the lion named Aslan is safe. The response she receives is, " ‘Safe?’ said Mr. Beaver. ‘Who said anything about safe? Course he isn't safe. But he's good. He's the King, I tell you.’ "
I know that God is a safe place, but according the standards of this world we live in, faith is risky. It doesn’t really let us do what we want all the time and that is contrary to everything that is being said around us. When we give our lives to God, we give our lives to Him. Our lives are no longer our own. We die to ourselves. I don’t mean to sound repetitive, but do we really get that? Most times I don’t think I do. I can think of several times in my life where I’ve been that place where I’ve said, “ask of me Lord, I want to obey!” Then He does and I don’t really like what hear so I tell myself that’s probably not God talking, or I have the audacity to say “whoa, there, slow down God! How about we try something else?”
What is the risk of walking in faith? Not fitting in? Ridicule of man? Humbling ourselves? Why are these things scary? Do I not realize who I am dealing with? I must not. I don’t believe that God is going to strike me down at the first sign of disobedience, but perhaps I should remember that He could. God’s love, patience, and forgiveness is without end to be sure. Yet I don’t want to take it for granted and forget that He is GOD. ( I wish I could say that in a powerful, booming voice for effect.)
I can’t believe that I’ve tried to tell God what to do. I can’t believe that I would fear man more than God (same big voice). I am so thankful that when things don’t seem safe, that I may remember that He is good.
Read Matthew 14:24-32
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;
I know that God is a safe place, but according the standards of this world we live in, faith is risky. It doesn’t really let us do what we want all the time and that is contrary to everything that is being said around us. When we give our lives to God, we give our lives to Him. Our lives are no longer our own. We die to ourselves. I don’t mean to sound repetitive, but do we really get that? Most times I don’t think I do. I can think of several times in my life where I’ve been that place where I’ve said, “ask of me Lord, I want to obey!” Then He does and I don’t really like what hear so I tell myself that’s probably not God talking, or I have the audacity to say “whoa, there, slow down God! How about we try something else?”
What is the risk of walking in faith? Not fitting in? Ridicule of man? Humbling ourselves? Why are these things scary? Do I not realize who I am dealing with? I must not. I don’t believe that God is going to strike me down at the first sign of disobedience, but perhaps I should remember that He could. God’s love, patience, and forgiveness is without end to be sure. Yet I don’t want to take it for granted and forget that He is GOD. ( I wish I could say that in a powerful, booming voice for effect.)
I can’t believe that I’ve tried to tell God what to do. I can’t believe that I would fear man more than God (same big voice). I am so thankful that when things don’t seem safe, that I may remember that He is good.
Read Matthew 14:24-32
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;
his love endures forever. Psalm 118:1
