Faith Today - July/August 2016

Have you ever been interrupted before? One thing that really gets me riled up is when I get interrupted during a really good show or movie! Am I the only one? Let’s just say that with a six-month-old son I rarely make it through anything without being interrupted somehow.

Have you ever had your faith interrupted? Is your faith currently interrupted? Many times in my life I have felt far from God, alone among a crowd of family and friends encouraging me and guiding me back on the right path of a deepening relationship with Jesus.

The reality is that being far from God will always result in the feeling of emptiness. The world has gotten pretty good at finding some counterfeits for filling the void that can only be filled by our loving Creator, but these things always end up creating a larger space to be filled, a bigger gap between us and what we need most.

The beautiful thing I’ve been learning about God is that His heart is always to restore, to recharge, to reset, and to restart! No matter what, His desire is that no one would perish, and that all would have eternal life. That means along the way everyone needs all of these things to happen.

The even more amazing thing is that we don’t even deserve it once! But we have this gift whenever we need it!

Of course, it’s so easy to stray and find
yourself in a place you never thought you
would be, doing things you never thought
you would do. But it’s the act of a loving
God who hits the reset button to restore
us. After an interruption, it’s God who
brings us back to how we were created to
be, recharges our call and restarts the work
He created us to do.

Wherever you are at in your relationship with God, however old you are, we all need this sequence in our life. We all fall short, we all get interrupted and we all miss the mark.

What is the dream that is hidden in your heart? What have you been created to do? Who have you been created to reach? How have you been created to do these things?