A casual reading of the Scriptures can give us the impression that a life of faith is a continuing, exciting adventure. When we read the great stories of the outstanding Bible characters, like Abraham, David, Daniel, Paul, Peter, and so on, we think that everyday they had an epic encounter with God. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Study carefully the Scriptures and you will learn that
often there is a span of many years from one verse, or chapter, to the next.
There are long seasons of quiet, unremarkable living from day to day. One such
example is from Daniel 4 to the next chapter, 5. In between chapter 4 and 5
there are 23 uneventful years that pass by before he steps back onto the
national stage.
What we need to learn from this is that walking in faith
is mostly about daily faithfulness, the ongoing development of Christlike character,
ongoing prayer and reading of the Word, and hearing God speak at times.
This is something we must understand, if we're going to
understand what it means to follow Jesus. The Christian walk requires that we
just keep plugging along. So stay the course!
Pastor Ron
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