Comments on: Living in the “Flow” of God’s River

By: Anita Mathias

Anita Mathias — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 06:40:18 +0000

In reply to Don.

I like to think of “wasted time” as an inert (but not dead) seed that God can still bring something out of–whether wisdom, insight, humility, or the strength of character which comes out of adversity.
I recently took part in something which seemed a massive waste of time, and I felt very restless during it, but I am still praying that God will bring something lovely out of what seemed like a sheer waste of time.

By: Don

Don — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 23:54:54 +0000

I think the part about time flowing as a river is inspiring and helpful. I remember reading someone’s epiphany about there always being enough time. Jesus certainly did exactly what he was supposed to do and didn’t have to regret the things he didn’t do, the places he never visited. But as for me, that truth hasn’t penetrated deep enough into my soul. It’s been especially hard for me not to feel ashamed for wasting time. I needed to read about your grace-filled way of seeing it. Maybe God could even make up for or even redeem this wasted time. What a concept!

By: Anita Mathias

Anita Mathias — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 21:41:20 +0000

In reply to Alison Hector. That's such a noble prayer, Alison. God bless you as you "go with the flow."

By: Alison Hector

Alison Hector — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 21:07:22 +0000

“Similarly, the impulse to keep to yourself what you have learned is not only shameful, it is destructive. ” Yes. Yes. Yes. I pray to live life open-handed, letting God use me as a channel re: time, money, talent. It may seem a tall order in my mind, but in God’s hands… easy peasy!

By: Anita Mathias

Anita Mathias — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 20:11:05 +0000

Lovely. I find the river (Ezekiel 47) and elsewhere is a brilliant metaphor for thinking about spiritual things!

By: John MacArthur

John MacArthur — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 16:55:32 +0000

Occasionally, the river takes us to places we’d rather not go, towards people we might instinctively not want to spend time with. Some friends have just returned from a mission trip to India, where they found themselves caught up in events that weren’t planned, and a general atmosphere of chaos and disorder, as you’ll be well aware. Instead of doing as I might have done, sat down, reformatted the hard drive and made additional equally fruitless plans, they went with the flow, and found that their clumsy inexactitudes were replaced with a different temporal paradigm, let’s say. And grace flowed in consequence.

By: Anita Mathias

Anita Mathias — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 14:22:28 +0000

So glad you liked it, Anna 🙂

By: Anna

Anna — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 13:24:29 +0000

Very wise and thoughtful. One of those passages in the Bible that for me always gives me a vague feeling of guilt and confusion, but this is a great practical way to work it out – thanks! 🙂