We want to know why we are here. If our lives really matter. How our religion is relevant to this life. Today. We want to understand what significance this minute, hour, week, month, and year has to our lives.To our world. We need a God who cares about this life, in this world, right now. We want to understand why everything we think, everything we say, and everything we do matters. We don’t want to just sit back and wait for something to happen or someday to come. We want to know if all the choices we make now will shape our world and lives for eternity. Because we want our lives to have meaning today, and our lives today to have meaning forever.
We need a God now. We need a God that teaches us how to live now. We need a faith that's about today...that helps us understand the world that we live in today...otherwise, what's the point? That God gives us the freedom to be fully alive here and now (between the trees)...not just hope and wait for something great in the far off future.
God asks us to respond to his calling by taking a step of faith today, trusting that he has the future under control too. Today, there are many Jordan Rivers that hold Christians back from their calling. For some, it may be a job or a relationship that doesn't glorify God. For others, it may be an addiction or a fear of the unknown. But no matter what barriers we face, each of us must make a decision: Will we trust that God controls everything—including the obstacles and fears before us—and step out in faith...today? Will we get our feet wet? Or will we stay on the other side of the Jordan and miss the opportunity to feel God's power in our lives...today?
*taken from NOOMA: 003: Trees (Rob Bell), and That the World May Know: Faith Lesson: Promised Land: Wet Feet (Ray Vanderlaan)
