Extreme faith

http://www.newattitude.org/blog/entry.php?category=Application&id=242#jumpdown
After reading this post, here were some thoughts I had…
How am I preparing specifically? Is there one area in my life that I'm praying that God will work?

The area in my life that I'm praying God will work is with "extreme" faith. I want God to show me not just how to not live my life dependent on what others think but that I'll get a glimpse of Him and what His glory is and that that fact would captivate me. My tendency is to think of "extreme" faith as a big name, affluence and obvious spiritual gifts. Basically, in my mind "extreme" is external.

God's been working in my heart lately that instead, extreme is like the ladies in Mark - often unnamed and giving everything they had to Christ (whether small or great). Not doing it for gain or worldly recognition but realizing that God's acceptance is all they need.

Their hearts (and subsequently their lives) were captivated by love for their Savior. For them, it wasn't a "head-faith," rather their hearts were battered by their Savior and their actions showed it. I am praying that God will show me a glimpse of the Savior that they knew. A Savior that can radically change my life and make it "extreme." A God that's worth giving up everything else to gain. A gain that’s so great that everything else is mud puddles. A steadfast and unchanging Hope in the midst of life that changes so often.