Take A Leap Of Faith

From Monty Python to U2... from Allie Barone ("Everybody Loves Raymond") to Rick Warren... It seems that people are asking, "What is the meaning of life?" "Why are we here?"

God has put within us a "God-shaped" hole. It is in our heart; it is in our soul; it needs to be filled; and it can only be filled by God. We all crave meaning. We all want life to make sense. It is no wonder that Bono sang, "And I still haven't found what I'm looking for."

One of my favorite scenes from the third Indiana Jones movie, was when Harrison Ford was trying to find the holy grail. He had passed two of the tests that had killed most people before him. He stood at the opening of a cave and looked down at a drop of several hundred feet and across at another opening in the rock. It looked impossible to get to the other side, but his instructions said to take a leap of faith. It looked like If he jumped, he would fall to his death... but he did what the instructions said, and when he jumped, a ledge that had blended in with the floor of the canyon was there only about 3 feet below to catch him. He walked over to the opening and continued on his quest.

Take a leap of faith. Sooner or later, you will have to believe. Thane Pittman said, "I'll see it when I believe it." Erwin McManus said, "I don't know how to prove God to you; I only hope to bring you to a place where you and him can meet." Truth is not found through academic pursuit. Faith is not something that you do when you get all the facts lined up. Sooner or later, you will have to just believe; to just put your faith in something.

I am not saying that when it comes to faith in God, we need to check our brains at the door. In fact, God wants you to pursue truth no matter what, because he knows that the pursuit of truth will always lead back to him. God is not concerned that you believe what religion tells you... he is not even concerned that you follow what Christianity tells you... What he is concerned about is that you find the truth, because truth is found in the person of Jesus Christ.

Take a leap of faith. If you have decided that there is no God, that takes faith as well. What if you're wrong? Take a leap of faith. Believe in Jesus. Know God. Let his Spirit lead you. I have staked my entire life on the truth that God is real and that his Son, Jesus, died to save me. This is truth!

Take a leap of faith... and when you do, I'll bet you'll find the source of all truth, and you'll find the meaning that your soul has been craving. Take a leap of faith!