Thursday, November 04, 2010

AWAKEN BY THE QUAKE OF FAITH

The concept of faith still fascinates me.

I want to be around believers for they shake the ordinariness of society.  Herd living tends to moo-ve about with the trends of the day.  This takes no thought; requires no risk.

Believers, though, take what is and see potential and possibility in it.  Abraham saw dead Isaac could return to life.  Boy David could see the timber Goliath fall before the fact.  A stark truth about these and all other faith-leaders is the odds were not only unfavorable; there were no visuals which would lead one to conclude such beyond the assurance of an active God.

This is missing among us....faith in an active God.  This is stirring among us....faith in an active God.  This is momentum among us....faith in an active God.  This is for us....a participating-in-full-partnership God.

When one is awakened by the quake of faith, such will surely see a new movement of God-sized hope for better and larger and more meaningful days!  Legends of biblical portioned faith never deny facts are facts.  Their wonder for us is that simple faith rocked facts---sturdy, concrete undeniable facts---to the extent towers of assumption fell.  Jesus' grave would be one.  Paul and Silas' prison cell would be another while the arresting chains around Peter are yet another. 

Facts of what is will melt when faith awakens to what can be.

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