Healthy things grow
Growing things change
Change challenges us
Challenges force us to trust God
Trust leads to obedience
Obedience makes us healthy
Healthy things grow
- Jim Logan, Bible teacher 2004 Christian Life Conference Montreat, North Carolina
We know that seven-step cycle almost intuitively - It seems so obvious once we hear it or read it. I wonder why we have so much difficulty living it? I suspect it's that middle, fourth step which gives us the most trouble. It means we're no longer in control, and we know from reading the Bible, that God often has a mind not in agreement with ours.
The "leap of faith" mindset is not usually a human one. Like the leaps of Olympic gymnasts, leaps of faith (=trust) take practice and training - lots of workouts in the Word of God whose Spirit seeks to infuse us with Jesus-following obedience - a tough thing for us humans. But "with God all things are possible." And "God will never forsake us" when we are leaping in (and at) his direction.