Thursday, August 19, 2010
Much to Undo
The scripture for Sunday comes from the call of Jeremiah. When Jeremiah was called to be a prophet, he protested because he was so young. He believed he wouldn't have much to say.
God responded by telling Jeremiah that he would give him the words to say; all he had to do was say them.
The focus of the sermon Sunday will be the last verse of the pericope, which reads:
I asked some Facebook friends to tell me of some "stinkin' thinkin'" they've had to undo in their lifetime and I got some wonderful responses:
One friend wrote, "I had to break the habit of me deciding how God should handle something. I would go about setting things in motion by organizing everything like I think it should be. Then I would pray for God to bless what I am doing or already had done. I can't imagine how many times I have soooo limited God by doing things the way I thought they should be done. Just think if I had let Him lead by praying first, waiting, listening, rather than asking Him to bless my mess!"
Another spoke about letting go of some childhood expectations that were unhealthy and unrealistic.
And another friend touched on the illusion of control that we all suffer from, that we are in control of everything that happens.
Can you identify some unhealthy thinking that you have in your life that needs to be undone? The truth is that we often need to undo before we can do.
As we come to church on Sunday, be thinking about the things in your life that need to be undone. God longs to plant and rebuild in us, but there's a good possibility some things need to be torn down and dug up first.
Something to think about,
Tracy
God responded by telling Jeremiah that he would give him the words to say; all he had to do was say them.
The focus of the sermon Sunday will be the last verse of the pericope, which reads:
Today I appoint you over nations and kingdoms,What struck me about this verse are the six verbs it ends with, four of them being negative actions. It would seem that, in God's estimation, there's a lot that needs to be undone before the doing can happen. Much of the old must be torn away before the new can come.
to pluck up and to pull down,
to destroy and to overthrow,
to build and to plant.
I asked some Facebook friends to tell me of some "stinkin' thinkin'" they've had to undo in their lifetime and I got some wonderful responses:
One friend wrote, "I had to break the habit of me deciding how God should handle something. I would go about setting things in motion by organizing everything like I think it should be. Then I would pray for God to bless what I am doing or already had done. I can't imagine how many times I have soooo limited God by doing things the way I thought they should be done. Just think if I had let Him lead by praying first, waiting, listening, rather than asking Him to bless my mess!"
Another spoke about letting go of some childhood expectations that were unhealthy and unrealistic.
And another friend touched on the illusion of control that we all suffer from, that we are in control of everything that happens.
Can you identify some unhealthy thinking that you have in your life that needs to be undone? The truth is that we often need to undo before we can do.
As we come to church on Sunday, be thinking about the things in your life that need to be undone. God longs to plant and rebuild in us, but there's a good possibility some things need to be torn down and dug up first.
Something to think about,
Tracy
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