Listened to Beth's message for Session 2 tonight. Sometimes, I feel like I need two writing hands to keep up with stuff that sticks out to me! I wanted to write these down before I forget them:
Great wisdom resides in taking an inventory of how we have developed our present perceptions of God - do I see God as powerless, unhelpful, unwilling, unable, insufficient, mean, or not God at all? Where did I get my views of God? Was it from (even well-meaning) people who tried to make God behave and fit into their boxes of Him? Am I carving a god out of the image of man (Ps. 135:18 - "those who make them [idols] will be like them).
Sometimes we may realize we have created a god in man's own image - We will be reflections of the god we perceive. We will never have faith that exceeds the strength of the god we perceive. Our God has to be the God of the Bible because He's the only One who can truly save us. The god that some of us have been taught does not have the power to deliver us. We are directly affected by who we believe God is. Who does my life testify God to be? Does God recognize Himself in how I describe Him, or is such a morphed, watered-down, limited perception that when I pray to Him, He asks, "Kiddo, are you talking to Me? I don't even recognize myself."
This weekend was such a challenge. I fought and fought God, resisting trusting Him even with the small things that He asked of me. What would it look like if I truly loosed God's Spirit in my life? What if I finally let His personality reign in my heart (which would mean that I would trust God fully as the Holy Spirit does)? Would I set my world on fire? Am I so afraid of being burned that I won't even try?
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How I didn't limit God today: I took on a FOURTH tutee today, even though I really don't think I can handle it, because I prayed about it and felt like I needed to trust God that He's compelling me to pick up a fourth for a reason. :D
How about you?
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