Comments on: Expectations

By: Kurt Willems

Kurt Willems — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:54:22 +0000

Thanks for this post, I think that some times people expect God to “fall in their lap” and they forget that He has already taken initiative with us… the ball is now in our court. If we want to experience “shalom” we must do all we can to position ourselves to experience this reality. It is from such a posture that God “shows up…”

thanks!

By: amoslanka

amoslanka — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:17:50 +0000

timmyjimi, my point might not be obvious enough, but I admit its not necessarily plain words. What I’m speaking of is much more the inward connection with the Great as opposed to the outward works.

By: timmyjimi

timmyjimi — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:23:36 +0000

I’m not sure when it happened, but sometime over the past year, I started to get really annoyed with myself for praying things like “make me holy” or “help me to love.” Of course, we need God’s help to do those things. The Lord’s Prayer says “deliver us from temptation,” but Paul writes “work out your own salvation.” Expecting God to do everything for us is a dangerous proposition. On the other hand, you say you’re “not talking about love,” so maybe I’m missing your point?

By: wiredtoinspire

wiredtoinspire — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:23:04 +0000

I think there’s some of both:

His initiative.

And ours.

I’m not sure where ours comes from. But I do know that I used to think I could just pray and He’d “make” it happen for me in a lot of areas. The older I get, the less inclined I am to that perspective.

By: ash

ash — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:31:35 +0000

someone i heard speak this weekend said “you cannot shine until you burn.” …that means we have to subject ourselves to His burning, be willing, prostrate ourselves in brokenness…before we can accomplish much…shine much and move forward. good thoughts. what we put in, is what we get out.