Do you ever stop to think about what it really means for you to “walk by faith”? I know that in different seasons of our lives we have more or less time to stop and ponder big ideas; I wasn’t spending a lot of time in contemplation when I had babies to care for or when I worked more than full time like so many women whose work is outside and inside the home. Let’s take a few minutes to think about faith walking together.
Our days are filled with “to do lists” of tasks that must be done and our focus is on them, not on things with eternal consequence. Yet if anything is important then everything can have importance in the realm of faith walking. The Message tells us that “the fundamental fact of existence is that this trust in God, this faith, is the firm foundation under everything that makes life worth living. It’s our handle on what we can’t see.”
Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. So faith walking is daily. We go through the ups, the joys, the successes of our lives confident in our trust in the promises of God. We go through the downs, the sorrows, the loss of our lives confident in our trust in the promises of God. Wait a minute! Didn’t I just say the same thing? Good for you for noticing.
Yes. Whether we are experiencing ups or downs, joys or sorrows, successes or loss, we can have confidence in the promises of God. I know this is true. Not only have I read about lives in Scripture but I have watched the lives of dear friends and have experienced first hand how faith walking looks.
Walking is active. You move. You used to be in one place, or circumstance, and you change and grow to another place. C.S. Lewis wrote of this movement in the Last Battle: as Aslan moves through the Doorway he turns and calls over his shoulder to those following him, “Come further up! Come further in!” This is the invitation Jesus offers us as we walk along the Way. Get to know Me more, walk with Me, talk with Me.
This is not an item on a to do list, it is the essence of our very life! Further up, further in! This is what faith walking is!
Come along the Way….