The Revolution of God 3: Depth

Felt like it was about time to get another post done in this little experiment to try a blog series - been a little quiet over the last week trying to get to grips again with the Lab and college and everything, but I think everything is beginning to sort itself out now.

The aim was to reflect a little on some of the values that should be represented by the Kingdom of God, using Brian McLaren's imagery of a revolution. So following on from contrasting Brokenness in my first post and, last time, Wholeness, this time I wanted to think about Depth.

Authenticity, being real and being genuine is something that I've been reflecting on a lot recently, and a little on the blog. So, for this post, I wanted to come at it from a different angle and try and explore the whole concept in terms of depth.

We seem to live in a bizarre world which on one hand is pursuing something deep and meaningful, but at the same time strangely embraces shallowness. And so we hold up this ideal of pursuing the deepness of relationship and existence, but at the same time are obsessed with paddling around in the shallows. We find ourselves struggling on one hand between the genuine and genuine reliability - and all the shallow images of perfect looking men and women, and Western consumerism.

And so this God revolution needs to pursue the hidden depths. We need to pursue depth in the world around us - to be committed to looking not just at the obvious but also below the surface. We need to pursue deep, real relationships with the people around us - relationships which are without agenda. And we need to allow others to see our hidden depths and not to hide them below the surface of what we want people to see.

Having a depth that stands up to examination doesn't mean being perfect. It means being real - and to move away from the shame that stops us from revealing what lies within. It's about being open - and allowing ourselves to be accountable.

Hope that makes some sense...