Comments on: “If God doesn’t tell you to do anything, then why are you doing things? Why not just sit at his feet?”

By: Anita Mathias

Anita Mathias — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 17:15:55 +0000

Thanks, Hans, blessings, Anita

By: Hans

Hans — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 16:26:26 +0000

I needed to read this. Thanks.

By: Anita

Anita — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 21:01:53 +0000

@Chris, How hard that is, to be not do. To relinquish control over our time of prayer, our time, our agendas.

I increasingly feel I must learn to be, not do in times of prayer to be able to hear what he might say unexpectedly, in unexpected areas.

Thanks, Chris!

By: Chris Jefferies

Chris Jefferies — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 14:29:28 +0000

I was so pleased to find someone else posting a blog article about Roy Godwin, Ffald-y-Brenin, and 'The Grace Outpouring'.

I've also posted about them recently and back in May was able to visit the place with some friends.

Enjoy your time there!

For years I've been meeting at home with others and one of the first things the Lord told us was 'be, don't do'.

By: Anita

Anita — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 21:11:32 +0000

Hi Rhoda, yes, and it takes character to wait, and is not easy at all–especially for an impulsive person like me!!

By: Rhoda

Rhoda — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:01:25 +0000

Love your last paragraph 🙂 I'm also with you on waiting till I hear from God before doing things – at least things that will take time and commitment etc. Once at university I was waiting on God for an answer on whether to rent a room with friends next year and the deadline came up, and I hadn't got the answer. So I went with what made sense practically and signed the contract. Which I greatly regretted later as God led me to quit before the start of the next year so I paid for that room for an entire year and never once stayed in it! That has been a big reason for me now to always wait on God for biggish decisions 🙂

By: Anita

Anita — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:22:37 +0000

Jo, At the end of his life, Christ said, "I have done the work YOU HAVE GIVEN ME TO DO." How many of us can say that? Could it be because we are doing a lot of good things NOT specifically given us to do?
The good is the enemy of the best.
As to directions, I believe I heard directions both to blog, and to found our family's business. However, in the course of both, once on the motorway, so to say, more specific direction has come. Sometimes, I have done things without specific direction and exhausted myself.
His yoke is easy and his burden light. We often exhaust ourselves because we put on yokes we were never meant to bear.
Should we do something unless we have heard a divine direction for it? Tricky. We do run the risk of wasting time and effort. On the other hand, God has given us common sense and wisdom, and there is such a thing as "sanctified common sense."
I think I would, personally, rather wait to hear from God.
Blessings,
Anita

By: Jo Royal

Jo Royal — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:14:27 +0000

Hello 🙂
I thoroughly enjoyed this post – not only because it is well written and entertaining – but because it has made me think. Having just written a blogpost about not always waiting around until things 'feel' right before going ahead and doing them – this post has made me consider whether I believe this should always be the case – or whether there are some things we should stop doing if we are not sure whether God has definitely called us to do them. Interesting. Should we always wait until we hear go – or go unless we hear stop? Hmmm 🙂
I appreciate being challenged in this! Thank you

Jo
ps … if you are interested my post can be found at http://www.joroyal.com – under 'The one with the Sat-Nav'