Worth Dying For

One of the realities of the human condition is that of war. War wages in us,outside of us and all around us. The next holiday coming on the American calendar is Independance Day! It is a celebration of that which cost so many their lives and still claims lives today. It is a celebration of that which is most taken for granted in our country but which has the greatest impact on us all living in this great nation.

Is that not the reality of anything worth dying for? In chapter 5 of "Scewtape Letters", you discover that war is something the enemy loves since it has to do with human suffering. However, it produces something the enemy fears most, an alive mind that contemplates virtue and questions cause that excites faith. The potential of war forces us to decide what is worth sacrificing for. Are our marriages, our children, the hurt of others around us, homelessness, bigotry, racism worth the sacrifice of ourselves? Is our faith?

The battle is lost not on the field of combat. It is lost in our minds. Complacent minds that live idle in the freedoms others have sacrificed for. The greatest weapon we have as people of faith is that of a mind alive in its engagement with the spirit of God. It happens in intense engagement with scripture. 

"For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart." (Hebrews 4:12 NIV)

Summer Pursuit is that invitation to an alive faith that is active and moving. It is an invitation to a life of purpose and meaning. It is an invitation to a bigger world that you may find is really worth dying for.