As I lay there looking up at the ceiling, I reached out my hand into the darkness and cried out on the inside, “If you’re there, won’t you let me know?” I spoke to God, whose existence I was uncertain of. I often laid awake at night, wrestling with doubt, wondering if he was there, wondering why he made it so hard to believe.
“He was humble and walked the path of obedience all the way to death—his death on the cross.” Philippians 2:8 (Good News Translation)
So many things in life are easy to say and really hard to do. This is certainly true in the life of the disciple of Jesus. Just take “Love God, and love your neighbor” as an example. There’s a lifelong learning curve on those two. And so, when we hear some teaching on a Sunday, or we’re convicted of some need for change, or find ourselves in a Kairos moment* – it’s easier to cognitively agree than it is to put those things into practice.
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