Speaking with a brother tonight about issues I've spouted off about before. Discussing the whole praying-as-you-walk-upstairs mentality and the minute-counting, and what a fundamentally wrong perspective it is. Thought about the difference twixt real faith and practical faith. Some believers would have you think them the same.
Practical faith puts the Lord in a box. Practical faith focuses on spiritual checklists. Practical faith considers any prayer and any Word-reading a grand victory. Practical faith thinks being real with God involves fitting Him into your life where possible as if your faith were being rewarded for merely trying hard.
Real faith lets the Lord overwhelm you with His bigness. Real faith focuses on checking for the Spirit. Real faith considers prayer and Word-reading valuable only when the heart is right. Real faith understands that being real with God is letting Him be real with you and comparing your life to the life He wants from you and realizing what a grand failure you are trying to do this on your own.
See the difference? No, I didn't think you would. You're too busy reading Saddleback resources and counting your daily doses of God.
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