“Next” Adapted from Chasing the Sage by Bud Lamb
The BIG IDEA
Chasing the Sage is about the slow, painful, magnificent process of the Fathering of men by God, Who offers us His blessing with no strings attached.
Living out of the Sage for us mortals, we find is a long discipline in the same direction. We fall and get up again and again.
Take pains with these things, be absorbed in them, so that your progress may be evident to all…persevere in these things; for as you do this you will ensure salvation for yourself and those who hear you. 1 Timothy 4:15-16 NASB
Our progress is not linear. We find these movements to son, to man, and chasing the Sage are mystical as much as they are intellectual.
This gives the journey the wonder of the unknown calling us into the mist while looking for scraps of the map to guide us forward.
We find ourselves letting go of long embedded once useful ways which are now dead weight. As we let go we become open and available to new ways — new wineskins in which the wine of a life well-lived is carried and given away.
Our lives are a long uninterrupted line of squiggles, starts, and stops, dips, and divots, all kinds of weather, friendships that come and go. The only constant is ourselves and our God.
Our progress is marked with struggle, with failure, along with the hard-fought fruits of endeavor.
Chasing the Sage, we become what we believe in faith, and practice. We survive the journey as Proverbs 24:16 men who fall down and get up rain or shine. We become men who follow their hearts, learn to love like Jesus, and know God as a Friend.
We emulate God as we become the imago dei as kings, warriors, holy men, and lovers equipped to carry our own cross and encourage others with theirs.
Chasing the Sage we find purpose and passion as we become more and more comfortable living in our own skin, communing with God, and loving others.
We find knowing and enjoying God to be the Pearl of great price which the merchant sold everything to acquire.
Lock arms with a few trusted friends who share the journey. Dig into the Bible together, be authentic with your progress, and invite others to join you in expanding Jesus’ presence in this world.
Those haunting questions – Who am I and what am I doing? They answer themselves as we chase the Sage.
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