tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021346565171482910.post5489744214939600574..comments2023-05-26T10:55:27.696-04:00Comments on Jc_Freak: A Divine MomentJc_Freak:http://www.blogger.com/profile/14780031497091443526noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021346565171482910.post-77024256345936737542010-02-26T22:29:32.307-05:002010-02-26T22:29:32.307-05:00Mostly I believe it comes down to honesty. It is a...Mostly I believe it comes down to honesty. It is a matter of not holding back. Like if you are mad you yell, if you are sad you weep, if you are happy you smile, and if you are curious you ask. Always be honest though.<br /><br />I wonder why it is often so difficult for us to be honest. Hiding things from Him is about as affective as running away from Him on a boat to Tarshish. It behooves us to be honest.<br /><br />I think it is because we expect God to behave how we would if we had His power. That often seems to me to be the principle touchstone to Calvinistic thought. But God never acts that way, as Scriptures constantly show us.<br /><br />Side-note: I've also heard that interpretation of Matthew 7:7-8. It is usually based more on how in verse at the participle form is used ('asking' as opposed to 'ask'). In verse 7 they are in the simple present tense, just like the English. This interpretation doesn't really hold water though because the participle is simply being used as a noun form. The best rendering, in my opinion, is "ask and it will be give; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be open for you. For the askers receive, the seekers find, and for the knockers the door will be open."Jc_Freak:https://www.blogger.com/profile/14780031497091443526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021346565171482910.post-18403120811242803622010-02-26T20:55:44.515-05:002010-02-26T20:55:44.515-05:00Those words are great. Wrestling with God is heal...Those words are great. Wrestling with God is healthy. Ir is something that I have intellectually realized, but in practice don't know how to always apply it.<br /><br />Some passages that come to mind here. First the parable of the unjust judge. The widow "nags" on the judge until he gives in. Jesus says if the unjust judge does what is right, how much more will God do that if we keep on asking him. Another passage is where Jesus talks about what kind of father gives his son a snake or a rock if the son asks for fish and bread. His point being if the earthly father provides for his son who asks, how much more does our heavenly Father want to provide for us who ask? I also like the passage that says "ask and you will receive, seek and you will find, knock and the door will be opened." I heard a sermon on that one time and the pastor said it is better translated as "Keep on asking...Keep on seeking", etc.<br /><br />It's good to know that I can keep on asking and it doesn't stress God in the least. I don't understand why God doesn't see things my way sometimes, but try to trust Him anyway. :)Kevin Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13472900037134045450noreply@blogger.com