We have to let go of superficial religious activity as well as worldly pleasures. Then, we have to do nothing at all. That's right, nothing. Just wait for God's grace to grab hold of us and fill our souls with the satisfying presence of Christ. You and I are never going to be caught up in the arms of Jesus Christ until we are flying through the air with nothing to hang onto.
Faith means taking the risk of really believing.
Really believing that Christ comes to us when we call on his name as a worshipping community, really believing that Christ is in our songs of praise, that Christ is in our prayers, that Christ is in the words we say, and yes, that Christ is in the breaking of a plain old loaf of bread from Jaycee. We let go and choose to believe and by God's grace, our souls are satisfied. We choose to believe that Christ is in those to whom we minister. When we visit the sick, when we deliver meals on wheels, when we take a stranger into our home, when we support the cause of children a world away, we are flying through the air, choosing to believe that Christ will catch us in that act of faith. We also choose to believe that Christ comes to us in marriage and family life.