Think about something that you truly depend on...your job, your marriage, your understanding of Scripture even. And now imagine that God permits it to go bust (in the last case, I'm imagining a scenario where you were fundamentally misunderstanding Scripture somehow; think the Prosperity Gospel). What now? What would change in your relationship with God if your career, your family, your faith, or your dreams were completely changed? In retrospect, what mistakes would you see that you are making right now that are contributing to that self-destruction? Where have you misunderstood the purpose of your life? I think that we have a tendency to figure that if that moment hasn't come, it's because we're doing everything fundamentally correctly. But what if we're the Amorites and our judgment hasn't arrived yet because "our iniquity is not yet full"? God allows us to persist in error, and to ignore His promptings through Scripture, Spirit, nature, and community in the hopes that we will allow Him to reset our course. Our we persisting in destruction? Is your life about what it's supposed to be about?
Questioning and praying with you,
H
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