Converge

It is my observation in my life as well as those around me that what we say we believe and how we live our lives often do not converge. 


Conv-verg - \kən-ˈvərj\
1: to tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet <converging paths>

2: to come together and unite in a common interest or focus

I think it was Elizabeth Elliot who said, "When the will of God and the will of man meet someone has to die". So often we refuse to die. We refuse to take up our cross. The church should be so engaged in the ways and work of God that the enemy fears our waking up. However, we have backed down. This world has become more important than the next. It was Jim Elliot who said, "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." Give what you cannot keep. You cannot keep time. It is passing. You can't stop it or slow it so give it. Jim Elliot also said, "I may no longer depend on pleasant impulses to bring me before the Lord. I must rather respond to principles I know to be right, whether I feel them to be enjoyable or not." 

I do not doubt what I say I believe, but is it really a belief if I choose not to live by it? It might be as Josh McDowell wrote, "We must move from belief to conviction" (paraphrased). 

May there be a convergence in my life and yours today.