Each a differant path

Monday February 25th, Romans 5: 1 Therefore, since we have been made right in God’s sight by faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us. 2 Because of our faith, Christ has brought us into this place of undeserved privilege where we now stand, and we confidently and joyfully look forward to sharing God’s glory. The message often heard delivered from the children of God to the community at large is that you cannot be confident in looking forward to sharing God’s glory. William Sloane Coffin talks about engaging those who want little to do with the church in conversation by having them describe the god they do not believe in. He goes on to say that most of the time he doesn’t believe in that god either. How do we as the children of God present this God we profess to love and be loved by? It is not always the words we use, but most often by the way we live our lives. Out of 100 people, one reads the Bible and the other 99 read the person that reads the Bible. Do we present ourselves as being in a place of undeserved privilege, confidently looking forward to sharing in God’s glory because of what Christ has done, or do we somehow make it about us and require others to somehow pursue salvation along the same path we are on? Remember, God is in the center, each of us are at a different places in life, we do not go to God so much as respond to God coming to us. And for God to get to us, for each there is a different path.