A popular bumper sticker reads “God said it. I believe it. That settles it.” One of the challenges with this theological approach is that it leaves little room for us to progress in our journey of faith. We aren’t called to serve a past-tense God.

What if we live our lives in confident expectation that the living God is not done speaking, but has a fresh word for us today? What “noise” must we remove from our cluttered lives, so we can truly hear what the Lord God says? Does it mean cutting back on social media, turning off the television, stepping away?

In some instances it might be easier if faith were as straightforward as that bumper sticker, but active faith requires more than that. Discernment and discipline don’t just happen. We must intentionally make room in our lives to listen to God. If we are open to it, what the Lord God says in the here and now may unsettle us — from places of familiarity and certainty to unexpected places of blessing.

By Neil Myer from D365