Reboot Required...

This morning when I picked up my phone the message "software update required" was displayed on the screen. I began the process of acknowledging and accepting in order to initiate the update process. Funny how something so simple can really start the wheels turning, thinking about bigger things, about God-things.

As I continued to look at the screen an installation update was displayed... 40% complete... 60% complete... When it reached 80% complete I chuckled to myself thinking, God, that's how we are isn't it? We walk around your creation 80% complete in need of constant software updates.

God has had me on a faith journey I could never have imagined before. Although He has been preparing my heart for some time, this is not what I would have or could have expected and although it's not what I would have or could have expected, I know, because I know Him, it's exactly where I am suppose to be.

Truth is we are all on a constant faith journey.. we all walk around 80% complete because it's a journey that never ends until we truly rest from this place.

Faith can be, at times, an exhilarating experience, but most of the time it's a climb to the top of a mountain only to reach the top and realize another mountain awaits our assent. The person who tells you the faith journey is an easy one is resting on top of a mountain top with their eyes closed not acknowledging the next mountain top. The person who tells you they have fully arrived on their faith journey has their back facing the next mountain top. The person who tells you the faith journey is a day by day, moment by moment encounter with the True, Present and Living God is in the middle of the climb acknowledging in their heart the truth that the next mountain is in existence but only focuses on the step in front of them.

I have been reading a lot about Abraham and Moses. The faith lessons from the lives of these two men is enough to keep you reading and studying the Old Testament for quite a time. There was absolutely no perfection in their walk with God, only a constant and steady climb. At times, their foot would falter, but they hung on. At times, their hands were weak, but they hung on. At times, their legs would tremble, but they hung on.

There are days, I will be quite honest, that I just don't know if I can hang on any longer then I am reminded of Psalm 31... But I trust in you, O Lord; I say, You are my God. My times are in your hands.

Father, I am overwhelmed with gratitude that my times are in your hands. That as I climb day by day, moment by moment I rely fully on the fact that my times are in your hands. I look to where you are, and there I will join you.

John 15:5 I am the vine, you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.