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. 

Belief Systems

It is amazing how some things are so connected that one cannot sustain itself without the other. Consider what I call the 7 Intrinsic Truths: God, Bible, Sin, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Church and Christian Living.

God loves you so He gave you His word, the Bible, which reveals our sin for which He sent Jesus Christ to die and be resurrected from the dead and He gave us His Spirit (the Holy Spirit) so that we can be His church and live the Christian life.

This is the system that God put in place so that each of us can achieve all that He has planned for our life. If your system of belief is off it affects everything. If your view of God is wrong nothing else is right. If your view of the Bible is wrong, nothing else is right. If your view of sin is off, everything else is off. If you view of Jesus is wrong, nothing else is right. If your view of the Holy Spirit is wrong, nothing else is right. If your view of church is wrong, nothing else is right. If your view of Christian living is wrong, everything is affected.

We all should take the time to make sure our belief system is right.