"...that thou mayest know that I, the Lord, who calls thee by thy name, am the God of Israel." Isaiah 45:3b
God's workings in our lives are always in order to bring us into an understanding of Himself. Many today are under the foolish notion that God is working to get things done. That is utter nonsense. Things do not need to be done, they are done: God's will is an unstoppable rolling tide whose breakers will crash upon the shore with or without us (God prefers that it would be with us). From where God sits, all things are finished, as good as done; the thought that we can help or hinder His will is utter prideful foolishness.
God never calls us to works or ministries, He always calls us to Himself; whether or not we are led through works or ministries of whatever kind is none of our business. The ultimate happening is God, not our circumstances or situations. God engineers our happenstance in order to bring us to Him, not to fill some quota. The finished product of all of our lives is intimate communion with God.
"And this is life eternal, that they might know thee," (John 17:3) not "work for thee" but "know thee." God is neither haphazard nor utilitarian; He is strictly a lover, and all things are ordered towards our good (Romans 8:28), and that good is oneness with Him.
"Draw me close to You;
May I never let you go.
Help me see how all things
Are to lead me to You..."
-Jon Vowell
God's workings in our lives are always in order to bring us into an understanding of Himself. Many today are under the foolish notion that God is working to get things done. That is utter nonsense. Things do not need to be done, they are done: God's will is an unstoppable rolling tide whose breakers will crash upon the shore with or without us (God prefers that it would be with us). From where God sits, all things are finished, as good as done; the thought that we can help or hinder His will is utter prideful foolishness.
God never calls us to works or ministries, He always calls us to Himself; whether or not we are led through works or ministries of whatever kind is none of our business. The ultimate happening is God, not our circumstances or situations. God engineers our happenstance in order to bring us to Him, not to fill some quota. The finished product of all of our lives is intimate communion with God.
"And this is life eternal, that they might know thee," (John 17:3) not "work for thee" but "know thee." God is neither haphazard nor utilitarian; He is strictly a lover, and all things are ordered towards our good (Romans 8:28), and that good is oneness with Him.
"Draw me close to You;
May I never let you go.
Help me see how all things
Are to lead me to You..."
-Jon Vowell
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