Monday, 25 May 2009
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It's not about what but it's about what
When I hear people say things like, "If God were to tell you that in some odd years you would be doing this or you will be doing that." or "Would you really want God to tell you everything?"
As if somehow, I wouldn't believe it.
For me... that's not the case anymore... I really don't care WHAT God tells me to do... Whatever it is... I just wanna do it.
For me... belief isn't the matter for me anymore than obedience is.
With Abram for example. It wasn't the fact that God told him to go. It was the blatant fact that God TOLD him... re-read the story.
God comes to Abram one day and says, "Abe... pack up your things and all your family and leave Ur and go in that general direction." and Abram was like, "Ok..." God never gave him a specific location to set up tent... it was just go... and many Christians would say that Abram believed God.
Problem with their partial understanding is that GOD FLAT OUT SHOWED HIMSELF AND MADE IT AUDIBLY CLEAR to pack up and leave... and anyone who is a pagan from a pagan nation and God shows Himself to that person and makes what He wants clear to that person... who wouldn't take God at His Word right? If He made it clear to them... at least for me... i would totally believe God...
Problem is... we don't get that clear audible from God...
For me... i would much rather hear from God and have Him say, "Do this..." or "Go there..." or "You'll be doing this."
It's not what or where for me... it's what and where...
I would rather have Him tell me SO that I can do it...
For me... I don't know what faith looks like... and i'm tired of having what I think is a step of faith to be a step in the wrong direction... i've had that happen plenty of times and I'm just sick and tired of faith filled failures... one can only take so much Divine denial before a disgruntled heart sets in... and or rather than being disgruntled... the faith to move mountians shrinks to faith to lift your leg in the morning rather than faith to move the Rockies to the Pacific...
So I'm currently in the mode of, "God freakin tell me and I'll do it..."
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Comments (7)
Careful what you wish for.... I said "As you wish Lord" and now I am permanently living in Taiwan trying to make sense of Mandarin Chinese. I'm not complaining... I just never saw this coming, not even 18 months ago!!!
@JulieMillerFan@xanga - why be careful? if God wishes it and it happens... it is for both His Glory and our good is it not? I could care less what or where just so long as it IS a what and where... and I don't care if it blindsides me or not... it'll be a joy... it'll be fun... and it'll be an adventure worth living and dying for... so tell me why i should be careful again?
Look at the OT and think about how many years and years passed between each encounter between God and Abraham, or God and Moses. For every minute of Gid speaking clearly, there were years years and even decades of silence. They weren't getting daily, monthly, or even annual direction. I've recently been thinking this: God gave us our brains, gave us the Bible, gave us salvation. Yes, a more personalized engraved message would be nice, but we have already have more than we deserve. Make the best of it. A mistake isn't the end of the world.
just my two cents.
@GoodbyeSickan@xanga - just tired of making mistakes that seem like acts of faith...
@leadworshipper82 - I know what you mean. really. I once thought God told me to marry this girl . . . big mistake that cost me years of pain (in the long run, really glad she refused). "stepping out in faith" used to be a big factor in my decisions, but it never got me anywhere except frustrated. Now I don't let myself worry about things like destiny and calling. I have faith in God, but it is faith that He is watching and looking out for me -- but I don't expect Him to always let me know the score. He's God, I'm not . . . If He wants me to know something, I'm gonna leave it up to Him to tell me. Otherwise I just gotta assume I've got all the info I'm going to get and resist the temptation to see every moment as a road-to-damascus do-or-die situation.
@GoodbyeSickan@xanga - for it's... it's those moments when I have no clarity or surity and yet it's a deep seated desire to see it pass... in which I gotta know God is involved and it is His yes/no/wait that I'm hearing... not necessarily calling per se... but definitely the direction I'm supposed to take in obedience...
I wish I had much more faith than I have now, but the faith I have now is more than I had a month ago. Actually, it's more than I had a week ago. My prayer is that I have enough faith to be just like Abraham and just be able to go when God says "Go." I don't want to have to hesitate and miss out on God's plan for my life.
I tend to get in the same mode as you, but it's not really quite that way at this moment in time. I'm a little... curious to where God would want to lead me. It's not that I'm scared or frightened, but just blank. Anything that is to happen is ONLY because of Him. There is NO WAY I can do anything. I'm stuck. It's all up to Him.