The Right Questions
From John Eldredge in "Wild at Heart"
Most of us have been misinterpreting life and what God is doing for a long time. We're asking the wrong questions. Most of us are asking, "God, why did you let this happen to me?" or, "God, why won't you just . . . (Fill in the blank-help me succeed, get my kids to straighten out, fix my marriage-- you know what you've been whining about.)
But to enter into a journey of initiation with God requires a new set of questions: What are you trying to teach me here? What issues in my heart are you trying to raise through this? What is it you want me to see? What are you asking me to let go of? In truth, God has been trying to initiate you for a long time.
James 4:7-8 (NIV)
Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to God and he will come near to you.
Most of us have been misinterpreting life and what God is doing for a long time. We're asking the wrong questions. Most of us are asking, "God, why did you let this happen to me?" or, "God, why won't you just . . . (Fill in the blank-help me succeed, get my kids to straighten out, fix my marriage-- you know what you've been whining about.)
But to enter into a journey of initiation with God requires a new set of questions: What are you trying to teach me here? What issues in my heart are you trying to raise through this? What is it you want me to see? What are you asking me to let go of? In truth, God has been trying to initiate you for a long time.
James 4:7-8 (NIV)
Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to God and he will come near to you.
posted by Glen at 9:27 PM
1 Comments:
That is a good quote. I have read the book and somehow missed that one.
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