The Christian Life

Dan Baumann, this week's speaker, said that he would rather die while "leaning into the character of G-d" than live without pursuing G-d. Dan said, "The Christian life is not about getting it 100% right. It's about getting to know more of who Jesus is." He talked about feeling lead to go to the Middle East shortly after the Cold War, he talked about being imprisoned in Iran, and he told us numerous times when G-d has lead him to do things that seemed crazy. All the while, he had moments where he thought, "maybe it's not really G-d nudging me to do this after all..." But, he explained, if we never take the chance that it might actually be G-d and jump into the unknown, we will never be able to grow in knowledge of G-d's character. We aren't going to have 100% certainty that what we hear is from G-d, but still, we can trust that even if we choose something that isn't from G-d, G-d will meet us there anyway. Most importantly, we should "lean into G-d" and live out of a relationship with G-d.

From The Shack:

Mack: "Does that mean... that all roads lead to you?"
Jesus: "Not at all... What it does mean is that I will travel any road to find you."