Perverse or faithful disciples?

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When we walk our walk without faith, we are “perverse”. Perverse is the word from which “perversion” is taken.

It means living in a way that deviates from what is considered moral or right or proper or good; i.e. "a perverted sense of loyalty".

In contrast, to have faith means to have a center, an axis, a single point of reference for the living of life.

The development of our faith is subject to hazard, and constant doubt, without our conscious awareness. In our day to day lives, we can very easily and quickly pulled in so many directions. The source of the distraction is from within us—from our selfish need for security, survival, for esteem and affection, for power and control. The ego seeks these things without our conscious awareness.

We judge others as a matter of habit and practice…and we are perverse.

When we seek “to be right” over “to be loving”, we are perverse.

For something to become a center of life—a single reference point, it must, in some way, become “magnetic”. The strongest most magnetic reference point is within you, and me. Jesus spoke that the Kingdom of God is within you, and this suggests that he can inhabit—through His Spirit, that magnetic point within each of us, but also refers to the Source of  Wisdom that becomes the magnetic center point for a community of “faith walking” believer/disciples.

A side note: If this Source of Wisdom (which by grace is what I believe to be the Holy Spirit that has been breathed upon us by Christ) is regarded with sacred care by the church. And if we seek to be constantly led by Jesus Christ as Lord and Master, then we indeed can walk by faith, and not perversely. If this Source of Wisdom does not become a single reference point for us as churches, then we become fragmented, afraid, in conflict within ourselves, and subject to desires that can spin out of control.

Isn’t it Jesus who said that with faith all things are possible? and if but two people join together in faith, the effect will be more than double?

How is it that our faith can be creative?

The keys to unlock the creative power of faith, I believe, were told to us by Jesus himself when he said, "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."

Humility, Gentleness, Gratitude, Love.

With these faithful characteristics, we are able to receive the grace to live from that Source of Wisdom within us—the Holy Spirit of God.

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