Interesting comments at "Mount Jesus" Blog on
Musing about Meekness. Something to think and pray about.
Quarreling is of course a product of unmeekness. Each one wants what he or she wants, and that they get it is the overriding concern. But our wants conflict, so the wants of one are set against the wants of the other. It gets extremely complicated and entangling, and frustration--frustrated desires--is the result. In our frustration we bring these desires to God--God, I want it, I want it bad, I've been wanting it for so long, please satisfy my desire!--we ask wrongly. Our wanting becomes a burden, and we want to be rid of wanting, and simply have what we desire, but of course this can never be. Sometimes I think what we really desire is the feeling of not wanting any more, but simply of having. Always having. Like someone who has come into a fortune suddenly, and can always have whatever he wants. So we play the lottery, or we cheat on our taxes, or we go into massive debt, or we quarrel in frustration within our own family, which is made up of other frustrated wanters. Oh who shall save me from this body of death?
The zen answer would be to quit wanting, I suppose, but good luck with that. The Bible answer is, rejoice in the Lord...
...See if you're anxious about nothing, it's going to change the way you pray. Instead of praying in the wrong spirit, out of our frustrated desire, we're praying out of our oneness in Christ, our rejoicing, and I would suggest certain kinds of long-time wants are just going to pale in that atmosphere, and we'll be praying with thanksgiving for what we've been given instead of out of frustrated desires. Amazing! And then the peace of God guards our hearts and minds!
Interesting comments at "Mount Jesus" Blog on Musing about Meekness. Something to think and pray about.
Barry, I don't know if I agree with this or not.....To stop "Wanting"....No I think that when we stop wanting we stop caring, we stop expecting. I think that when we stop expecting, then we are no longer looking for God, we no longer rely on him.
ReplyDeleteI don't think that we should confuse wanting or the lack there of with anxiousness or not being anxious.
We are told to be "anxious for nothing"...because God will supply all of our needs.
Getting back to "not wanting", to give you an example: My in-laws don't do holidays well, gifts are usually given right before we are tired and ready to go home, and if we give them gifts..they are loath to be beholden to anyone. When my kids were little they would have great anticapation about gifts (aren't we all) but the waiting was interminable. The waiting wore them out and now they no longer expect gifts and if they get gifts they don't tear into it with great joy, but rather ho-hum.
It's sad really.
God wants us to want to seek him and he wants us to acknowledge our blessings. And when we are in need or want, we should go to Him first.
When God answers our prayers, the answer isn't always yes, sometimes it is no, sometimes it is wait and see.....
God wants us to press into Him.
We are His children, the fruit of His creation...so why shouldn't we want to press into him and clammer forwhat he has to offer us.
We want to sit on His lap and He wants to shower us with His Love and Blessings. We should seek Him with an air of expectations as His Spirit moves in us and around us.
just as little children wait for their fsthers to come home from work with a "What did you bring me?"
We have not because we do not ask.
He wants us to care about others the way He cares for us.
There's no "zen" to it....
FAY
Fay - Did you just read the excerpts or did you click through to the entire article. If you read the parts I quoted in context, you might think differently.
ReplyDeleteLove ya!