In the middle of the creation God has given to each of us, there is a pole.
The purpose of the pole is for us to climb on top and to see how far the boundaries of our baptismal creation extend.
To climb the pole is difficult. It is meant to be, for it is only the spiritually strong and brave who will, upon reaching the top, recognise the challenge to explore the boundaries of the creation bequeathed to them.
Spiritual growth will only be achieved by going deeper and further, then deeper still and further still until our journey has ended.
As we enter the world renewed and filled with the Holy Spirit after Pentecost, our relationship with the Trinity is meant to keep on growing. With the devastating results of Covid19 on churches and church attendance going forward, we must surely recognise that this is part of climbing the pole to see how far the boundaries of our faith extend.
Church growth will come as a direct result of spiritual growth in that spiritual growth leads us into a deeper understanding of the type of relationship God expects of us. If we have seen the creation, He made for each of us, then surely, we must push to the very edges of the boundaries that we have seen in an adventure with God to experience the completeness of His Love and Grace and then strive to share it with others.
And yes; there will always be those who having made it to the top of the pole are more interested in admiring their own reflection. They feel that they have made it this far and with the buoy alongside as a safety measure, they are perhaps too afraid to venture further.
For them, they need our prayers that they have the courage to fly to the ends of the earth when they hear Him as He whispers in our wilderness!
