Do we not live in a world that suggests to us that if God exists at all He is uninvolved and limited or uncaring and distant? A world that suggest we must be self sufficient because God will not or cannot be involved in our lives. We might ask ourselves, do we live according to that message? Sometimes it seems that we have such limited confidence in God that we live as if He created and left—carrying on in such a way that suggests God is but He cannot or will not involve Himself in the lives of His followers.
Yet, most people talk of God as if He is ever present, all knowing, and all powerful. Certainly for them and even for those of faith, there is a disconnect between knowing and doing. How can we overcome such disconnects as we might uncover in our own lives?
It is here that a faith is needed—faith in an able God—a big, big God. It is a faith that leads to action, the living out of what is known about God. Indeed faith without action is a dead faith! The reality of western Christianity is that it has become a matter of personality and/or program. However, today in other places in our world, it is not so. Christianity is vibrant because it is not easy to live it out and a relationship with a Big God is absolutely essential!
Such Christianity is simple to explain but a little more difficult in practice. It comes as one: 1. learns what the Bible has to say, 2. joins in genuine fellowship with other Christians, 3. prays about the lessons learned, and then 4. lives out those lessons in the day to day of life. Indeed that is the practice of Christianity. There is one more point necessary and that is to understand that such Christian practice runs counter to our culture and is not unopposed and as such it can often require a big and capable God who is involved!
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