The last few weeks have pushed my ability to remain balanced. With the planning for the Community Picnic, the actual picnic, the preparations for the church's annual meeting, thesis deadlines approaching, and my strong desire to spend quality time with the family; I have thought a lot about balance.
Most of these things relate more to time management skills with a bit of overcommittment thrown in. There's another kind of balance that I am seeking in my life, the faith/life balance. By 'life' I mean the way that I live my life.
On the one hand I know for certain that God loves me and that because of my faith in Jesus Christ my sins are forgiven (Eph 2:8-9). On the other hand there is this business of how I am supposed to be living my life (Eph 2:10). How do I keep these two in balance?
To do this I think we need to maintain another balance, a proper understanding of the love of God and His righteous judgement. We need to be careful not to compartmentalize God into the loving God who forgives and the angry God who judges. God's judgement is not an emotional response to His anger about the way we live, it is what He must do, because He is holy. He continues to love while He mourns for those who will not love Him back.
I have found that the better I understand God the more I am drawn to love Him. This causes a chain reaction in the way I live my life as well. Instead of trying to live obediently, out of a sense of obligation, I truly want to live differently out of a place of love. When you acheive this kind of faith/life balance I think you'll find clarity in other areas of your life as well.
- Aaron
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