A call to a wild—and Christlike—faithfulness
Dr Bruce Manners
Senior minister
Avondale College Seventh-day Adventist Church
It’s the faith of leap that comes from the leap of faith. That’s what Allan Hirsch and Mike Frost (speaker for Salt in March next year) say is the adventure of living for God.
They reckon, in their latest book, The Faith of Leap, that having taken the leap of saving faith, Jesus’ followers are “required to live with the faith of leap.”
What do they mean? “This is the faith that is willing to leap into service of His unfurling reign in this world, believing that by so doing we are partnering with Him in a cosmic project for the regeneration of all things. . . .”
“We are the people of the ultimate Quest—we are on a wild, and sometimes dangerous, adventure to save the world. This is our story and our song.”
People of the ultimate Quest? This is the call to disciples of Jesus—all disciples of Jesus. It’s “an ongoing, risky, actional, extravagant way of life—a life resonant with the distinctly wild—and yes, Christlike—faithfulness.”
This is about being salt and flavouring the world in Christlike ways. This is like uncovering the light received and letting it shine in dark places (Matthew 5:13-16), or as better explained, it’s for those who have the light “from the Lord” to “live as people of light!” (Ephesians 5:8, NLT).
But there’s more: “To keep our feet on the Adventure, however, will require staying close to our Founder and Leader, who is Himself the Way, the Truth and the Life, the Alpha and Omega.”
Saving faith and living faith, both are incomplete without the other. The leap of faith and the faith of leap—and the ultimate Quest—only make sense when the focus is on Jesus.
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