Faith, Works and Desire<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the Christian life, we are well acquainted with the faith and works divide. That is, faith should show itself in works or else it is dead (James 2:26). Good belief leads to good works. And so, naturally, we focus a lot on faith, or what we believe, thinking that getting more and better beliefs will yield more and better works. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But what if we are missing an integral link that connects belief with good works?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What if there is another piece to the puzzle?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During this season of Lent, we want to consider that the additional ingredient we might need to add to the faith-works recipe, is desire. That perhaps the question which drives so much of our lives is not what we believe, but what we want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is it that I want? Or to put it more clearly, “What is it that I really<\/em> want?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is not as easy a question to answer as we might expect. Mostly because so many of our desires are hidden from us. They run on in the background, all the while running (ruining?) our lives, without our knowing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So over the next six weeks, we want to take a long hard look at the question, “What is it that I want?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is a slippery question. What we need are some handles that will allow us to hold our desires up to us, just long enough so that we can answer this question honestly and truthfully. For every week of Lent, we’ll be providing some resources here to help us do just that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Scripture<\/p>\n\n\n\n