Beyond An Easy-To-Maintain Faith

“Only when life hauls us beyond an easy-to-maintain faith that God is good will we discover a Spirit-granted faith that keeps us steady during life’s earthquakes.”

Dr. Larry Crabb, When God’s Ways Make No Sense, chapter 8 “Hands Off but Present (And Still in Control)?,” page 107

• As we enter this Advent season, how has this past year hauled you beyond an “easy-to-maintain faith”?
• Considering the circumstances that God’s people were experiencing at the time when Jesus entered our world as a baby, what hope does that offer to you now when life doesn’t look like what you planned or desired?
• In what ways is the Spirit inviting you into a deeper trust as you face the “earthquakes” of this time?
• Since God’s people were expecting Him to show up very differently than Jesus did, ask God today to open your eyes to ways that your expectations of Him may be shaped by things other than what He’s actually promised or that your view of Him may be clouded by your own ideas instead of Who He’s revealed Himself to be.