Living Faithfully

Isn't life complicated? 

I am often muddled and confused about many matters. 

I want to be as 'green' as possible, but we still own a very old refrigerator, which is probably very inefficient. 

I think it is better to speak to people face to face, but I use electronic ways to communicate very often. 

How can I live faithfully, in the midst of many difficult choices?

These are not new problems, and I have been very encouraged by studying the heroes of faith from the Bible.

Take Noah, for instance. 'It was by faith that Noah built a large boat to save his family from the flood. He obeyed God, who warned him about things that had never happened before.' (Hebrews 11.7a)

Because Noah was committed to living faithfully, and had a desire to keep close to God, he was ready to obey the Lord who spoke to him clearly about the coming flood. The Lord seems to have said "There's a flood coming. Build a big boat, so you can be saved!" It was clear enough for Noah to be able to obey God. Noah's active obedience was evidence that he was living faithfully.

In my complicated life, I can trust the Lord to give me clear enough directions and warnings, so that I too can obey, and so show that I too am living faithfully. I may not have clarity about lost of things - like what shoes to wear today, or whether to drink coffee - but on the important things that the Lord wants me to know about - such as how to treat the people close to me, or what to pray for those in my care - that is where I can aim to be living faithfully this week.

Will you also aim for that?

I hope so.

Best wishes,

Richard