Cross of Christ Lutheran Church

I’ve come to the conclusion that I don’t have a clue when it comes to ordering coffee.  With all the choices it’s so confusing to me.  Do I want a coffee, a latte, or a mocha?  Should it be short or tall?  Wet or dry?  Will it be a single, a double, a triple, or even a quad?  And was that with whip or no whip?

In his book Fearless, author Max Lucado writes, “If only we could order life the way we order gourmet coffee.  Wouldn’t you love to mix and match the ingredients of your future?  ‘Give me a tall, extra-hot cup of adventure, cut the dangers, with two shots of good health.’  ‘A decaf brew of longevity, please, with a sprinkle of fertility.  Go heavy on the agility and cut the disability.’  ‘I’ll have a pleasure mocha with extra stirrings of indulgence.  Make sure it’s consequence free.’  ‘I’ll go with a grande happy-latte, with a dollop of love, sprinkled with Caribbean retirement’” (pg. 125).

While it would be great to know how everything was going to work out, I think we all realize that life doesn’t work that way.  Life is complicated.  Like ordering coffee.  And it comes with its share of surprises and changes.  That’s why to live it – we need faith.

The Bible says we are meant to live by faith, not sight.  As Hebrews 11:1 says, “Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannout see” (NLT).

As I’ve come to learn, in life there are things that need to become more uncertain before they become clear, for it’s there that our faith in God increases.  This is where we give up control, trading in our need for details for the absolute certainty that God is good – all the time!

I’m okay being clueless when it comes to ordering coffee, as long as it tastes good.  Just like I’m okay not knowing how everything is going to work out.  “Taste and see that the Lord is good,” the psalmist writes.  “Oh, the joys of those who take refuge in Him” (Psalm 34:8 NLT).

Join us this Sunday at 9:30 AM as we taste and see that the Lord is good – all the time!  We’ll be finishing up our series on living by faith, not fear.