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======Personal Challenges.======
Friday, May 8, 2009.
Christian faith is a major challenge. It is a challenge for all of
us - just by its existence. The words of Jesus are there. We can read
them and if we are interested in the human race, into the way
humans live and think, into their goals, their purpose, their
culture, then we will also read the words of Jesus. It might be that
initially we read Jesus just as one of many,
in a line with the texts of Islam, Buddhism, Hinuism, philosophy
and modern science. But then these words take action. They unfold
their power. They are not empty, not pure reasoning, not superficial and
easy to push away. They are challenging, they are deep they address
basic questions of life.
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Christian faith is a personal challenge. If I start to take Jesus
serious, I realize the full impact of what he has to say. It is
really good. But it is most difficult to realize. It seems that he
is from another world, from another sphere of life. And he is - the
son of the most high, God on earth, life coming into our middle.
But seriously, it is easy to come to God. He offers his love and
acceptance and we can just say yes, just confirm: my Lord. But he
is so different from our world. He is so great, so calm and yet
creative at the same time, so full of ideas and full of support. And
he is so free from all the things which are important to our world.
That is the main challenge: to let go, to be "in the world, but not
from the world". When we start to know him, we start to be linked
to a source of power and wisdom, which is infinitely deeper and
higher than the wisdom of a worldly view. The challenge is to
live with the knowledge of this amazing God, and yet be within the
limits of our social environment which we all face. The challenge
is to realize just a little bit of what he enables us to be. The
challenge is to be what we are: people who know him.
[R.W.E.P., jesusnetwork.eu]
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