I really enjoy Philip Yancey, and these insights from his
book Vanishing Grace are no exception.
(from the section on being “grace dispensers”, p 112)
….Many questions that we throw at God return to us like a
boomerang. Consider for example the
excellent question, “Why doesn’t God do something about global hunger?” The
angels’ words after Jesus’ ascension echo through the centuries: “Why do you
stand here looking into the sky?” We,
Jesus’ followers are the agents assigned to carry out God’s will on earth. Too easily we expect God to do something for
us when instead God wants to do it through us.
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My question to God following reading this was, “God, what do
you want to do through me?”
The reply, “That is why I am teaching you to rest --- so I can stir your passions and so you can
actually hear me when I speak.”
Point taken, God.
:)
ReplyDeleteKeep resting my friend!