Recapturing Our Dangerous Wonder

Many times we hear that Christianity is boring and that too me is the biggest misconception. I for awhile almost grew afraid to label myself a Christian. If someone asked me what I believed I would say that I was a Christ follower. I however now have grown to accept the label Christian and want to prove people's stereotypes wrong. Michael Yaconeli in his book Dangerous Wonder writes, "I long for a life that explodes with meaning and is filled with adventure, wonder, risk, and danger. I long for a faith that is gloriously treacherous. I want to be with Jesus, not knowing whether to cry or laugh." I wonder what a person would look like living this type of faith. I wonder how we have allowed ourselves to become okay with living comfortable Christian lives where God and Jesus are just names to whom we pray or hear about at church, but not relational beings to whom we live with daily trusting in them to provide our every need, to challenge us, and to grow us. We have to be willing to step out and take a leap of faith to fully understand what it means to have faith. I hope you are as challenged as I am in this area. I am recently just now learning what it is to be amazed at God's awesome wonder.