I read a quote last night from Terry Virgo’s book ‘No Well-Worn Paths’, it was originally part of a sermon by someone else, but here it is:
Now with both feet firmly on the ground let us advance forward.
I don’t know if I read it correctly, but to me it was a slightly tongue-in-cheek. ‘How can you advance if you have both feet on the ground?’ Well, the answer is - you don’t.
Then I got thinking some more - if I want to walk, I have to take a foot off the ground. To carry on the metaphor that ‘having our feet on the ground’ means that we are thinking plainly, and very ‘level-headed’ - if we ever want to get anywhere there has to be a level of vision, imagination and risk.
Now, some of you are thinking - Jason, you’re a loon, you’re taking this walking business WAY out of control, it’s JUST walking. Well, you’re right, and also it’s a beautiful picture of a Christian’s life with God.
When we are young we are tentative with our steps - every step we take is a moment that we could fall over and hurt ourselves. But as we get more confident in the ability to walk - we almost forget about walking, and it just comes naturally. In the SAME WAY our walk with God starts tentative - every tricky theological question could be a stumbling block, every problem we face can trip us over. But then we get to a point where these things aren’t a problem anymore, and we start to run - I’ll cover more of this in pt II when I think of it.
The only way to move forward is to take the risk of falling.
Only for the King
Jx
