A Slight Change In Perspective
People want to do great things. As we come to Christ, we come to realize that often times it is not us doing great things but God doing great things through us. And that is cool.
It is still me doing great things, only I don’t have to do all the work. God is going to do it through me.
But this morning I realized that It is not even God doing great things through me. It is God doing great things and I get to be a small part of that plan.
Think for a minute about Gideon. What exactly did he do? I have referenced Gideon for years about a nobody doing incredible things for God, but really he did nothing. He rounded up the troops and obeyed, but God did all the work, and Gideon got to be a part of it.
It really is the same thing, I suppose, but the change in perspective is important in my understanding of my place in the world. If I don’t recognize that God is doing amazing things, with or without me, than I am likely to begin to believe that I am more important than I really am.
So here’s to God doing amazing things. And here’s hoping I get to be a part of them.
April 27th, 2007 at 12:16 pm
I’m poking around at the concept of hope now, which I think is dreadfully absent in its truest form from our social justice conversations. I wonder if this isn’t part of it. If we think we have to change the world with the help of some mystical Divine that we channel then we fail to recognize that God is actively working on behalf of the poor and hurting already.
April 27th, 2007 at 12:18 pm
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