Cliff Jumping

How do we view a relationship with the living God? It's hard to even wrap our minds around. Some times this God can feel so close that our comfy little worlds feel a little claustrophobic by his awesomeness. Other times we cry out in desperation searching for this being who has promised to stay by our side through everything. And we feel like we are met with the loneliest of silence. So how do we know this God, this Jehovah, who says he so desperately wants to know us? It's an answer that isn't going to simply be told in a blog. It's an answer that I believe can only come from diving deeply into an adventure called faith. It's like standing on a cliff over the ocean, you look down at the glistening water, wild and beautiful. That water promises the unknown, but the heat from the cliff is demanding a decision, to jump or to stand suffering, but safe, on the edge of the cliff.  So you must make a decision, do you jump in, risking the fall, but counting on the promise of cool water, or do you remain where you are, in pain but safe? A relationship with God is something like that. Sometimes I seem to smack the water as I land, and I wonder; should I have really jumped? Is it worth the temporary stinging of my sinfulness with His Holiness? Lately I seem to be smacking the water a lot. I keep trying to get to know this awesome Being that created me, but the more I get to know Him the more I realize how messed up I am. I see all the pain that I have smashed up inside of me and I wonder if I can ever find true relief. It's in these moments that God seems to be calling, telling me that relief is coming, to hold on. It's in these moments that I began to sink into his grace, completely out of control, and exactly where I need to be. We can only truly relate to this amazing God when we take that jump, that leap, that lunge into the unknown. Throwing away any thoughts of fear and security and saying "If you don't save me God, than nothing will".

My Challenge to You:
Find that area of your life that your still holding onto. That cliff that you just haven't been able to jump off of yet. Make the decision to jump, to find out what God can really do. You may feel pain, the free fall may scare you to death, but in the end you may just discover what God's grace and love can really do.

Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There are better things ahead than any we leave behind.
C.S. Lewis