How do you know if you're really called to be something? Like God called me to be a missionary but I also want to be a missionary. If I become a missionary based solely on the idea that God has already blessed me and without further inquiry then might going into that particular field hurt the Body of Christ rather than help it? Perhaps I would do a number, emotionally, on the people I come across as I was not supposed to be a missionary and I would hurt them spiritually in that matter, as well, therefore making it harder for other missionaries in that area to help them to recover. But whatever field I am blessed to be in is lacking because I decided to be a missionary, instead. But, on the other hand, I cannot inquire of God for the rest of my life, assuming something might change. Afraid to move because I might hurt someone. That shows a lack of faith that God would tell me His plan for my life.
How do you know if you're blessed to be with someone? What if you feel like God is saying that He is blessing you to be with that person in the future but not now? Is that set in stone? Couldn't something one of you does change that blessing? And still, while they're still your brother in Christ, you need to love them as such and not think of them constantly as your possible future husband or whatever because 1) it may not happen and 2) you're not even dating yet and that's slightly creepy. What if you feel like you'll just end up hurting them and they deserve someone so amazing? Someone with a better sense of humour and who is more in love with God than you are. Are you questioning God, and, therefore, showing Him your lack of faith in who He has blessed to be with you because you feel like he's too good for you? Or maybe blessing someone so great to be with you is His way of showing you how great you really are.
How do you know if someone's Christian? Is it appropriate to ask such a question? It's a heart thing and we can't possibly know and of course there's the "good fruit" aspect but beyond that...can someone out their just look into their eyes and just know? Because I think that would be very helpful to people in churches following leaders who don't believe what they preach and the people on t.v. who are only in it for the money. To differentiate between real and fake is so hard. But some people really don't know that what they're doing is wrong so you can't blame them, right? You could even say that of anyone who does anything wrong. If they understood how much they hurt God...if they saw Him cry over them or if they even saw how His people pray over them, maybe they'd know. But how could anyone really know what they do to God? How much we hurt the Almighty?
I'm going off topic now and I don't know what else to say. That's all I suppose.
What about how much the Almighty hurts us? Aren't we ever allowed to ask that question? And when we do, why is it that we are cast down as if we are to blame for our pains.. because that is the Christian answer. And it is obsured, unfair, ridiculous and unrealistic. Do you see what I mean?
ReplyDeleteI totally get that. I mean recently God has been showing me how much anger I have toward Him about one particular subject in general. I'm the type of person who tries to forget that she's angry and doesn't like to bring it up but if it hurts enough it'll bother her for a long time. I think it's almost as if we have to change our perspectives when God hurts us because He doesn't hurt us because He's a mean guy. He hurts us for our own good and/or for the Kingdom's good but usually we can't see that far ahead into the situation. We can't see how not getting hurt would have actually hurt more in the long run but He can. But I agree that it is unfair. I think God is the type of guy that wants you to be angry at Him openly if you're going to be angry at Him. He's the type of guy who wants you to yell at Him and get it all off your chest because at least then you're not holding it all inside where it can fester and become worse.
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