Test Your Faith (James) No.1- Be Perfect

GraceLife Sarasota

You know I never really understood mountain climbing, not talking walking up a mountain, I’m talking cliffs & stuff. Who in their right mind puts their trust in a rope, fed through a clip, nailed into a rock 1,000 feet off the ground? How can you be sure the ropes & clip are reliable? How can you know if you hammered it in right? What about those tents where people sleep on the side of a cliff? Like the mountain is so high it takes two days? But Pastor Joe, the views are breathtaking… umm. It's 2023… Drones… hello? Seriously though, what is wrong with these people? I think it’s the same with how most people walk through life, believing they’re ok w/God, that their faith will get them where they need to go, without testing their faith to make sure. If you insist on doing something so reckless as mountain climbing, you will at least test your equipment, right? You’ll make sure your pack has all the equipment you’ll need. You don’t want to discover while hanging over a cliff that you are one hook short, one rope short. You’ll inspect the ropes, grappling hooks, your GPS thingy, & your hammering while hanging by a rope at 1,000 ft skills. You are going to make sure everything is in order, otherwise, it's too risky, and you are playing with fire. If you’re climbing a cliff, you won’t take shortcuts w/your equipment… “eh, that’s good enough”. It must all be perfect. But we do it all the time with our faith! James will teach us, “that’s good enough” really isn’t good enough. Over the next several weeks, we’re making sure our faith is tested, perfect, ready for anything.