This morning I was reading Romans 3 and these verses captured my attention:

Can we boast, then, that we have done anything to be accepted by God? No, because our acquittal is not based on obeying the law. It is based on faith. So we are made right with God through faith and not by obeying the law.
-Romans 3:27-28 (NLT)

“We are made right with God through faith…” Reading this has got me thinking (which is dangerous). I’m wondering, how deep does my [tag]faith[/tag] run? Is my faith permeating every aspect of my life? Or, 80%? Or, maybe 64%? Is my faith influencing my daily actions and activities? My faith certainly impacts my morning routine because I get up early to get into [tag]the Word[/tag], but does my faith impact…say…my TV watching routine? Is my faith impacting the way I drive, the way I surf the internet, the way I converse with people?

Is faith a driving force in my life or merely an afterthought?

Honestly, I would say that my faith impacts most areas of my life, but to use the word most is not good enough. I want my faith to impact all areas of my daily living and the daily living of my family. I want my faith to be tangible and powerful.

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I remember watching the video Homeless Man about the life of Rich Mullins for the first time (Rich Mullins is my hero by the way). The whole video is basically various people talking about the amazing impact that Rich had on their lives, which was significant for many (including myself). Here’s what one guy said:

Jonathan Brown: He completely shattered me. I sat with him in a car for an hour journey, and at the end of that I realized, this guy lives in a shack in the middle of nowhere teaching kids between four and five or five and seven music, and he just feels so alive to me. And I felt so dead at the time, just talking to him. And I came back from that thing realizing how much I appreciated life.

This is the faith that I long for, not a faith that preaches at people, but a faith that overflows in me in such an amazing way that people’s hearts are touched and changed forever.