We are a culture obsessed with efficiency. We want to do things well, but we also want them to happen fast. Another way to say this is that we’re all very impatient. We want a high-quality life, but with as little effort and waiting as possible. We all want to find a simple and easy way to make our busy, overcrowded lives easier and more enjoyable. And so we bring this approach to the Bible or to a Church sermon. Give me three tips to make my marriage better. Give me financial wisdom, so I can spend more but worry less.
But you should know this is not what Jesus came to offer us. He did not come to make your life better, He came to make it new. And new is greater than better. And the way Jesus wants to make us better is to make new...new creations. But just as all “new creatures”, we have to learn how to do this new life. And most of what we need to learn is not a new belief. We need a new way to do our lives. And that will take a lot of practice. So welcome to "A Long Obedience in the Same Direction" as we learn from Jesus how to love God by loving, serving, forgiving, etc., each other.