Framed

“Making the thinker believe and the believer think.” – Ravi Zacharias

The above quote is the slogan of RZIM (Ravi Zacharias International Ministry). It’s very recently deceased inspirational founder Ravi Zacharias understood the task of not destroying the skeptic of Christianity, but meeting the questions they had with real, strong, truthful answers.

In our lives we twist and turn under the pressures of life and search for that which not only will relieve but give our souls the peace they demand. Whether we acknowledge it or not everything is framed in the context of what we believe and purposes how we live. Thinking is the process, living for something beyond ourselves is the resolve (vocation) that moves us and others.

Humanity searches for and desires some semblance of order for its existence. Consciously or unconsciously this pursuit takes place through all avenues of life.

Steps are taken to surround and outline what is either good or evil, beneficial or hurtful to not only enhance vision now, but to make sense of all later. Trouble awaits us when we are dishonest with our condition of living and attempt to redefine that which was never meant to be.

Changing words do not affect our borders, it only denies and damages the context from which one lives. An honest assessment of this world provides a setting where one realizes there is no escape inside or outside the framework of God.

The hard questions and resulting tougher answers come with an authentic calculation of right and wrong. Rightful ownership of all your consequences produce harmony and avoid fragmentation. This involves sifting and living through both good and bad.

Growing through and from, not residing underneath a low view is love at a distance and robs the world of meaning. Don’t traffic in unlivable truths. Truth already has been framed and modeled by God through His Son Jesus Christ. It is now up to all to live within its firm life-giving foundations and to love others.

Stand.

By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible. Hebrews 11:3

Submitted by Pastor Dave Jagemann, Chapel of Faith