Jason sat on the beach at the edge of a tiny puddle, trying in vain to scoop up enough water to fill his pail. Close by was the vast ocean with enough water to full a million pails. We might smile at the scene but is our Christian life like that, small, safe and shallow.?
Do we want a small faith, our own church, our own seat? Everything as it always has been and not too demanding.
Do we want safe? If we don’t talk to our neighbours and friends about God, on-one will disagree with us. At least in our own safe church, we all believe the same thing.
Do we want shallow? The sermons are very good but we don’t need to dig deeper into the Bible, we might not like what we read. Best to keep it all to a Sunday, that will top us up enough.
Don’t let us keep our faith small, safe and shallow. May our faith be large, dangerous and deep. May it be large, spilling out to the whole world. May our faith be dangerous; many will disagree with us. Our Christians martyrs certainly didn’t do safe Christianity. May our faith be deep. We can never have too much Christian fellowship or reading of the Bible. Christianity is a life waiting to be shared and enjoyed.