Day 50 Abandoning Outcomes
As we take on Jesus' yoke, we abandon outcomes to God accepting that we do not have the wherewithal to make life come out right.DW p.145
posted by TK at 7:13 PM
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Welcome to our online discussion of Dallas Willard and Jan Johnson's Renovation of the Heart in Daily Practice: Experiments in Spiritual Transformation. Each day, Monday-Friday, I will post the title of that day's chapter and maybe an excerpt from the chapter. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, will be to read that day's selection from the book then click on the comment link and add your $.02 to the conversation. If you are a highlighter maybe just share what you highlighted and why you highlighted it. Maybe something really resonated with you as you tackled that day's experiment, share that with us. Maybe, as happened with me, the first time I read the book, God will reveal something to you. Read the comments that others leave, respond to each other, ask for clarification, let someone know you connected with a comment they left. My hope is that working through this book together we will get much more out of it, we might not only grow in Christlikeness but grow closer to each other. If you have any technical difficulties please email me at tkay3atcharterdotnet.
Previous Posts
- DAy 49 The Cries of the Soul
- Day 48 The Depths of our being
- Day 47 Intergrating the dimensions of the self
- Day 46 Steps toward Genuine Love
- DAy 45 L:etting Go of Attack and Withdrawl
- Day 44 How Lovelessness Works
- Day 43 Reciprocal rootedness in others
- Day 42 Formation is not Private
- Day 41 Sabbath Moments
- Day 40 Misuses of the Body
4 Comments:
. . . which is not a bad deal, since He makes all things work together for good to those who are called according to His purpose, and He is able to do exceedingly abundantly over all that we can ask or even think.
Thanks for the thought.
No matter what happens in my my life I do not blame God for anything that happens or does not happen in my life it is probably because I was not listening to reason.When I do listen all good things happen!
This is a hard concept for me. If I am involved in something I feel like I am the one responsible for the outcome. On the upside, I am very motivated to work hard at whatever is in front of me. On the downside, when things like other peoples' behaviors, something out of my control, effect a given outcome, I still take personal responsibility for outcomes.
I gotta let this stuff go.
This means even more to me today after hearing Rob Bell's message about what "Jesus' yoke" really signifies and what it means to take on HIS yoke as opposed to others' sets of rules and laws. It's more and more amazing to me that God even LETS me follow Him and share his yoke. And it DEFINITELY is freeing...
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