Uncommon Sense

Originally Typed: July 6, 2010

We feel and are often taught, in some way, that the goal of life is belief in God, and after that simple belief in Jesus as savior, but this is a short sell to be sure. We are so much in constant judgment of unbelief and the "big" sins we would associate with it that we glorify belief.

Faith is the goal, not mere belief. Belief is an empty and safe ideology, an illusion of security, a self-serving, spiritual pat on the back for a thought well done... in theory; but faith on the other hand is not so empty, or so easy, or so common. And well "common" is something we've got plenty of, and common just takes up too much space. A life filled with "common" is a life void of faith. Because you see...faith is a bit more claustrophobic. There is no faith without room for risk, and risk is far from "common."

So be uncommon, not for the simple sake of breaking trends, otherwise we glorify "our originality" and ultimately in route we glorify ourselves. And well my friend's, nothing is more "common" than self glorification. But, rather, be uncommon in your risks, for One far greater than ourselves. Our lives are of undetermined lengths, but a faithful life will spend that time determined to go any lengths to achieve it's purpose, a purpose far too practical for mere belief, but far too impractical for the "common."