Life is a journey and it is not Christian or non Christian, it is fellow sojourners of a faith journey. Statistics from Barna research group point to 68% of all adults are “spiritual” including 55% of people who classify themselves as “non born again” that is people who have not made a confession of faith in Christ for salvation. Research also points to 66% (2/3rds) of all adults are “searching for meaning and purpose for their lives”. In a typical week 63% of unchurched people, that is people who are not part of a faith community say they pray regularly in a typical week. Everyone is on a faith journey, and everyone is at a different place in their faith journey.

Paul Points us to the beginning of that journey in the Bible: Romans 12:3 “Everyone who is among you should not think of himself more highly than he ought to, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.”

As God has dealt each one a measure of faith. Paul is not talking about “Christians” this is the misconception in the church that no one has faith until they receive Christ. But that is incorrect; God has dealt to everyone a measure of faith, a beginning point of every persons faith journey was begun by God. God fired the starters pistol to your journey!

It is this measure of faith that allows all people the ability to believe their paycheck has any value to it, after all it is simply a piece of paper. It is this measure of faith that allows all people to believe what a Dr. prescribes for you will make you feel better. It is this measure of faith that starts all people on a journey of faith, it is what allows those statistics I quoted earlier to be true And it is this measure of faith that allows you and I and every person on this planet the ability to believe Jesus came to die to bring life here on the earth!

Many people have never gotten off the starting line, they never get beyond the measure of faith and they try to live on that measure alone. Then they struggle with questions like “why do bad things happen to good people” why do I keep facing trouble and trials and difficulty in my life” etc etc etc. you get the picture.

People on the starting line can be far in their journey of life, but never have really started. They can believe in God, or a higher power, a supreme being, they can pray, they can attend faith gatherings like church or bible studies, or other religious activities like attend mass or go to a mosque. All in the attempt to get off the line, yet never quite making it. Many will pursue great spirituality in their attempt to move on in their faith journey; things like astrology, their daily horoscope, the tarot reader, and many other “spiritual” practices, they might even serve in the nursery in their church… but the truth is since God designed the journey of faith the journey must at some point bring one to the starting gun, the thing which allows you to move off the starting line.

We are inviting people back to the starting line, back to just the measure of faith instilled in them from their birth, and begin this journey together with us as we walk through life together as sojourners, travelers of life.

Does anyone out there relate to such a journey? Tell us about your journey by clicking on the post a comment link!