Love this piece. Agree completely with this perspective . Plus, how wonderful it is that we have a God who invites us to argue with Him. We can grow in our faith and understanding of such a God through arguing, questioning and “reasoning together”!
Excellent insights. I do believe that God's immutable will is the reconciliation of all things. That He invites our active participation in this sums up our entire reason for existence. God's perfect mission can't be derailed no matter what misdirection we take. He is the God of infinite contingencies the can handle any ill advised steps we take. But part of our active participation in His perfect plan is the working out in our minds of what He really wants from us or for us. That is why He invites the holy "arguments" with Him through prayer with Him and fellowship with each other. We seem to miss this dynamic in modern Christianity where it has been part of the natural discourse in Judaism forever. As you know, wherever two or three rabbis are gathered in His name there are at least five different opinions present. ;)
“n prayer, we align ourselves with the unchanging will of God; we learn to swim with the current and not against it; we learn to say, “Not my will, but thine be done.”
This is not meek abdication, mindless submission to the power and wisdom of an almighty divinity. It begins by boldly accepting the invitation to make our desires known to God: “Ask and it will be given to you.” It is not until after Jesus pleads that the cup of suffering be removed that he finally discerns that it is not God’s will that it be removed. Only after wrestling with God does he subordinate his desire to the will of God.”
Love this piece. Agree completely with this perspective . Plus, how wonderful it is that we have a God who invites us to argue with Him. We can grow in our faith and understanding of such a God through arguing, questioning and “reasoning together”!
Excellent insights. I do believe that God's immutable will is the reconciliation of all things. That He invites our active participation in this sums up our entire reason for existence. God's perfect mission can't be derailed no matter what misdirection we take. He is the God of infinite contingencies the can handle any ill advised steps we take. But part of our active participation in His perfect plan is the working out in our minds of what He really wants from us or for us. That is why He invites the holy "arguments" with Him through prayer with Him and fellowship with each other. We seem to miss this dynamic in modern Christianity where it has been part of the natural discourse in Judaism forever. As you know, wherever two or three rabbis are gathered in His name there are at least five different opinions present. ;)
In particular thank you for this.
“n prayer, we align ourselves with the unchanging will of God; we learn to swim with the current and not against it; we learn to say, “Not my will, but thine be done.”
This is not meek abdication, mindless submission to the power and wisdom of an almighty divinity. It begins by boldly accepting the invitation to make our desires known to God: “Ask and it will be given to you.” It is not until after Jesus pleads that the cup of suffering be removed that he finally discerns that it is not God’s will that it be removed. Only after wrestling with God does he subordinate his desire to the will of God.”