= ¡Dios Escucha!
It's almost as if God listens to what we say and think!!! ;-) Of course, I knew he does, but it's still amazing when he responds to us so clearly! This morning at church, my minister was preaching (I go to a Methodist church, so this isn't as often as you might think!) and the reading she was preaching from was Matthew 21:23-32; Jesus' authority was questioned and the parable of the two sons. In particular, she was preaching on actually walking the talk! In the parable, a father asks his first son to go and work the vineyard for him, and the son answers, "I will not", but later, he thinks better of it and goes and does the work. The father also went and asked his second son to go and work the vineyard, and this son answers, "Sure, no problem, I'd be glad to", and yet he never goes. Jesus then asks the people which son did what the father wanted, to which, of course, they reply; the first! And this comes at a time when I KEEP finding myself thinking about being out in the DR in a more long-term way. And as soon as I realise I'm thinking about it, almost without thinking, my response is, "I can't". I guess what I'm actually saying is, "I won't". But either way, I'm sounding a lot like that first son at the moment. And then the minister talked about not knowing where we might end up - that maybe some of us will never go further than this village, but are called to show God's love here - and that maybe some of us will be sent all over the world, showing God's love around the globe. And my heart was beating so fast. And I was terrified... I AM terrified, that there may even be a glimmer of a chance that God is calling me out into the world like that. And then the minister said, "But you don't have to be afraid. Because where God will call you, he will be with you. And God gives us the gifts and the strength and the patience that we need to be there." And I felt like she was talking straight to me. I'm still afraid. I'm still reciting "I can't" through my mind as if it's going to change anything. And I'm still desperately praying for discernment. But like the last song we sang in church this morning - an old one - I'm praying that God will; "Take my life and let it be Consecrated, Lord, to Thee." And the thing that struck me SO MUCH about that hymn this morning, is that all the way through the first few verses, it's asking God - "let it be..." - whatever it is, it's ASKING that it will be as the song is singing. But then in the final 2 verses, this changes to; "Take my will and make it Thine, It shall be no longer mine. Take my heart, it is Thine own, It shall be Thy royal throne. Take my love, my Lord, I pour At Thy feet its treasure store. Take myself and I will be Ever, only, all for Thee." And as I was singing it, I was proclaiming it; YES, my SHALL BE no longer mine, my heart SHALL BE his throne, I DO pour my love at his feet, and I WILL BE "Ever, only, all for Thee."
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AuthorI'm a recent Cambridge Theology graduate now studying for a Masters in Biblical Studies and blogging about all sorts of things! I'm interested in faith, Church, theology, social action, the great outdoors and being creative, and all of those things - along with many more - come through in my posts!
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