aerasio

Reflections on the Nature of Faith

I was at a bible study with a bunch of friends from Church earlier this week and we were talking about some things. One recurring theme was the question of Salvation, and what it looked like to be saved. In the course of the conversation an analogy sprung into my mind. It seems to me that there is an unimaginably large chasm between us and God. And it seems to me that most of us want to try to cross it, but are frightened by the obvious danger and seeming impossibility. Thus, being a Christian seems to be like looking toward God, across this dark and foreboding chasm, running headlong towards him and trying (however futile a gesture it may seem) to leap the distance between us, trusting that God in his infinite love and mercy will save us and bring us to him.

Or maybe that's a bad analogy, I don't know.

What I do know is that we have to be faithful, and obedient, and sensitive to his leading, and calling. Because sometimes, it's difficult to see where God is, and which direction we should run toward; and sometimes, its hard to die to ourselves and our own selfish ambitions. I do know though that if we trust in him always, and seek ultimately to fulfill his will and not our own, he will lead us in the right direction, to his side. In the end, nothing is more important, than being right with God...

So said Aerasio at 13:54