What a great passage. Very anti-legalistic. It reminds me that salvation doesn’t come from knowing the most scripture, or having the right side of a theological debate, but it comes from Christ dying for my sins, and the grace of God for providing his son as a sacrifice for me. Ok, now for questions.
The response question is not as good for answering this time, so I’ll just list it, and maybe put some of the “reflect” questions on here.
Q: Take a few minutes to ask God to show you what it will look like for you to partner with him to do his work. Ask him to help you to trust him to work through you in a powerful way.
A: Done, and done, waiting and watching for response.
The reflection questions.
Q: Have you ever felt like you couldn’t do anything very worthwhile for God? If so, why do you think you felt this way?
A: Well I would say that I almost always feel like that when I’m contemplating the bigness of God. I mean, how can we feel like we are actually doing something for him when he created the universe. But I know that he desires us to worship him and if I am the vessel used to reveal the truth of Salvation to one person that is doing something for him because he has told us to do this. The great commission says to “Make disciples of all nations,” and that is something we can do despite feeling small or insignificant.
So anyway, I’m heading to class soon, so I’ll write later maybe.
Janine says
Whoo hooo I am the first one…
Q: Take a few minutes to ask God to show you what it will look like for you to partner with him to do his work. Ask him to help you to trust him to work through you in a powerful way.
A: Done, and done, waiting and watching for response. (har Har – my sentiments too)
Q: Have you ever felt like you couldn’t do anything very worthwhile for God? If so, why do you think you felt this way?
A: Well, one could go back into their childhood and such where they weren’t very encouraged and grew up believing they’d always mess up some how. For myself, I struggle with self worth period. Whether it deals with God or man. I have questions that swarm me like, “How could God really want to use YOU when you always screw up.” Or, “I am so icky how can anything good come from me, etc.”
I find poor self image definitely impacts that. I know right now I am struggling to find out who I am IN Christ so that I can be affective and get out of my pity parties.
just me 🙂
Jae