tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12162450.post111385448082270708..comments2023-10-22T11:56:05.839-03:00Comments on one thing: He came not to be served, but to servesilent wingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15971147996879780606noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12162450.post-1118163262486538872005-06-07T13:54:00.000-03:002005-06-07T13:54:00.000-03:00I have just recently found a brother who on the sa...I have just recently found a brother who on the same journey from fear to love wrote an article titled "the journey to let go" from which I post a quote:<BR/><BR/>"What I’m trying to do here is get you to relax, not to be so preoccupied with getting so you can respond to God’s giving. People who don’t know God and the way he works fuss over these things, but you know both God and how he works. Steep yourself in God-reality, God-initiative, God-provisions. You’ll find your everyday human concerns will be met. Don’t be afraid of missing out. You’re my dearest friends! The Father wants to give you the very kingdom itself!" (Luke 12:29-32)<BR/><BR/>"When I was preoccupied with getting the things I thought I needed to be a successful believer, I got further and further from it. When I finally gave up trying to get what I wanted from God and started just enjoying what God was bringing into my life, everything changed. I’m no longer frustrated by what God hasn’t yet done in my life, but blessed at every glimpse of mercy he shares with me. The joy of this life cannot be reached by our attempts to grab hold of God or his blessings, because we only end up grabbing those things that make us secure in ourselves. God wants us to find our security in the only place it really counts, in him!<BR/><BR/>Notice how that trust is deeply rooted in how his Father feels about us. Jesus wanted us to know that he does not withhold his glory or make us earn his favor. We’re his dearest friends! He wants us to experience the fullness of his life, and the best way we do that is to be learning to relax and let go of our need to control our own lives and define security on our own terms. People who fuss, grab and manipulate simply don’t understand how God works. What a statement! I had no idea that my anxieties were the best evidence that I had simply not learned how God works. Because I didn’t trust him to bring into my life all that I needed to walk in him, I had to scheme and labor to try and get it for myself. And even when that doesn’t work, we don’t consider that our approach to God is flawed, only that we’re not working hard enough. So instead of giving up and learning to let go, we have to try even harder. Jesus is inviting a new generation of his followers to learn how to live dependent on the awesome love of his incredible Father."<BR/><BR/>Awesome isn't it!silent wingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15971147996879780606noreply@blogger.com