True faith is not expressed or experienced by those who remain in the safety of the temple courts, but by those that charge into the wildness of humanity armed only with the Cross of Peace.
While I was journaling with Dad today, he gave me the tidbit above. While there are many practical reasons why many of us are seeking a future in the business world, the persistent call of the Mission of God remains the brightest and purest motivator. It is easy to trust God in the temple courts and remain there where everything is already ordered according to the Kingdom of Heaven (well, at least we wish it were). It’s also easy to leave our faith in God in the temple courts while we trust in ourselves and the systems of man “in the real world”. But the Gospel of the Kingdom demands that we trust God to lead us into the marketplaces where the Kingdom has not yet come as ambassadors, establishing outposts of the King until he comes to bring his Reality in all its fullness.
I hope this encourages you today not to turn from the Great Journey for an easier road and to know the value of active trust is so much greater than passive belief.
