Just listened to a well intentioned Elder Gentleman give me a 30 minute sermon about waiting on God. I mentioned a desire I have to pursue a specific endeavor, and he basically took over the conversation and told me I didnt have to do anything but trust God, and he will bring it all to pass. He had a quite a few testimonies about his own life to back that up. I never got the opportunity to explain my thought process. I have this huge issue about interrupting Elders (or people in general) when theyre speaking. Respectfully, when I was able to get a word in edgewise, I told him thats basically what Ive been doing for years: nothing. Ive always struggled with the What Will Be, Will Be theory. On one end, I do believe everything happens the way its supposed to; God orchestrates our lives and affairs according to his will. I get that. However, I also think leaning too heavy on that theory leaves a lot of room for people to be passive and lazy. I can think of a couple of situations where Ive ended up taking good opportunities for granted, having adopted that theory; lost opportunities as a result of my passivity, born from a belief that everything thats meant to happen will happen anyway, so I dont have to put forth any effort. In theory though, perhaps all of that was meant to happen as well, huh? I suppose it can be argued. In my mind, it couldve also been avoided. People always say theyre waiting on God. Sometimes, I wonder if hes waiting on us. I understand thats not as popular as doing nothing and expecting everything to work out. That option is definitely a lot easier, since it ultimately means you wont have to work or fight for anything. I wonder how often that works though. I have a hard time thinking the same way about every situation, when every situation is different. I would suppose there is a time to stand still, and a time to take action. You must be willing to do both, depending on what the situation requires; at least, thats what I wouldve told him. Faith without Works...is alive? (Thought that was dead)
Posted on: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 22:53:52 +0000
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