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Post by kanyon on Aug 1, 2005 12:33:32 GMT -5
This is my Monday morning after church musing time...
I have been at both extremes in my life where I travailed, slain dragons, except I often wondered why I was the one standing with cuts and bruises.
The other extreme, sitting in the belly of the whale covered in seaweed, or hiding in Elijah's cave.
I seem to be at a place of peace now.
Circumstances haven't changed much. I'm still unemployed because of my political opposition to
corruption in my community and nation.
I accept that God knows my address and His plans for me and my community.
No amount of striving or stress will change anything.
I just trust now.
My question is, have I developed a fatalist position?
I don't know. I just know that I am not worried any more...thoughts?
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Post by ybrown on Aug 4, 2005 19:28:04 GMT -5
Kanyon, so are you saying you've done all you can and that now if God doesn't change your situation, it won't get changed? If so, that's great! He just wants you to rely on Him for everything, not just some things. This is His way of telling you that. I know because that's the way He let me know.
And you're no fatalist. The facts surrounding you are not your truth. God, through grace provided everything. Now its up to you to use your faith to connect with that grace in order to see change. Just keep walking in faith.
Be blessed, my brother.
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Post by keita on Aug 5, 2005 15:19:11 GMT -5
This post (like so many of your "rare gems") both blesses and encourages.
The "position" you describe is one which I always aspire to and sometimes (although more and more often, HALLELUJAH!), actually attain. I would call it a lot of things, but "fatalist" sure wouldn't be one of them. It sounds wonderfully more like a Psalm 91 "position" to me and there is truly NOTHING "fatal" about that!
God Bless You!!!
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Post by krazeeboi on Aug 20, 2005 2:06:39 GMT -5
Wow, I can't believe I'm actually just getting around to this thread.
While I cannot totally identify with you, our beloved brother Kanyon, I would certainly encourage you to TRUST GOD to order your steps. In my short time in the "real world," I have discovered that God often reveals His plans for us in phases. I believed God for certain doors to open, and yet they didn't. Now, in retrospect, I thank God He kept them closed, as He wasn't through revealing certain things to me, and those doors weren't to my ultimate benefit (they weren't bad, but they just weren't optimal). I encourage you to keep the faith. Since I've graduated from college, God has forged/increased certain passions in me, and I have NO DOUBT that they're of Him. I will remain true to what He's leading me to do until I am directed otherwise. I think that the peace you're experiencing is a sign that you've made your petitions made known unto the Lord, and now that peace, that is beyond understanding, is now guarding your heart and your mind through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Be encouraged brother! Stand for what is right and don't give up the fight!
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