- Wisdom 18: 6-9
- Psalms 33: 1, 12, 18-19, 20-22
- Hebrews 11: 1-2, 8-19
- Luke 12: 32-48
- Wait for it, wait for it ...
- What are some promises that God has made to us that you cherish?
- How have those promises changed your outlook, your actions?
- How are you preparing for the fulfillment of those promises.
- The chosen
- Do you feel that you choose your work, or that your work chooses you?
- Have you ever felt chosen for some particular purpose/role/destiny?
- If not, how might that change your attitude and actions?
- How can we find that calling?
- Indifference versus "whatever"
- Have you ever gotten frustrated with God, with your relationship to God?
- Did you talk with God about that frustration?
- What's the difference between faith that it will all work out somehow in the end, and a "whatever" attitude that basically just disengages and waits for what's to come without getting involved?
- Holding down the fort
- T-shirts with the question "what would Jesus do?" were popular at one point in time. How far do you think that question will take us in the face of questions that we face today?
- If Jesus were alive and in our midst today, where in our society do you think he'd be? Maybe a CEO of some corporate where He could benefit the employees, customers and stockholders? Would he be some Church official?
- What do you think Jesus might want to say to us, today, if He were here right now?
- How am I showing God my trust in Him?
- What am I waiting for in my life?
- What am I willing to risk to follow Jesus more closely?
- Where is my treasure?
In it for the long haul
So what's the difference between a distraction and a calling?
How do you tell when a person or a community,
Have lost sight of their ultimate purpose
And traded it away for security, predictability, safety?
Are all of us called to be ultimately creative?
What does creativity look like?
Is it inherently predictable, steady, arrives on schedule?
Is the muse intrinsically rational, or intuitive?
A project manager hates nothing more than the phrase:
"It will get done when it gets done." Or worse:
"We have nailed down the known unknowns,
But the unknown unknowns are still emerging."
I somehow doubt that Jesus worked to a schedule
Or had a secret Day Planner tucked in his robes.
Ghandi was known to wait for months at a time
For the inspiration that led to his next flurry of action.
Lord, grant me the ear to hear you through the day to day,
Let the routine, the predictable, the consistent,
Be the strings which you pluck, to call me to my center,
Where I can find your next move for me, day in, day out.
Shalom!
How do you tell when a person or a community,
Have lost sight of their ultimate purpose
And traded it away for security, predictability, safety?
Are all of us called to be ultimately creative?
What does creativity look like?
Is it inherently predictable, steady, arrives on schedule?
Is the muse intrinsically rational, or intuitive?
A project manager hates nothing more than the phrase:
"It will get done when it gets done." Or worse:
"We have nailed down the known unknowns,
But the unknown unknowns are still emerging."
I somehow doubt that Jesus worked to a schedule
Or had a secret Day Planner tucked in his robes.
Ghandi was known to wait for months at a time
For the inspiration that led to his next flurry of action.
Lord, grant me the ear to hear you through the day to day,
Let the routine, the predictable, the consistent,
Be the strings which you pluck, to call me to my center,
Where I can find your next move for me, day in, day out.
Shalom!
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