Vigorous

Vigorous - Strong, energetic, and active in mind or body; robust. This is faith - vigorous. It takes energy. It takes being active with mind and body. It takes confidence to engage God. This is the way.

Put your mind on your life with God. The way to life—to God!—is vigorous and requires your total attention. A lot of you are going to assume that you'll sit down to God's salvation banquet just because you've been hanging around the neighborhood all your lives.

Luke 13:24-25

We can't just "hang out" and think that will get us to God. Life with God is active, energetic, and mark with fullness. The way to life and to God is active with practices of daily living. It is more than a prayer and a chair on Sunday. It is an active, day to day, practical, living out of the teachings, the way, of Jesus. We cannot just hang out and watch people do this. We cannot just be a passage observer of people who actually follow the way. We ourselves must be vigorous in following the way.

So today do not just sit by and hang out, be vigorous in your life. Give your spiritual life, the way of God, total attention. How are you going to make the next decision? How are you going to treat your family and coworkers today? How are you going to be with that total stranger who is angry and pushy with you? Get in the story of life and be active and healthy.

Namaste'