::Recently had a talk with my wife about stuff. She started reading the book “Weird” by Craig Groeschel, while I am reading/listening to “Crazy Love” by Francis Chan. They almost go hand in hand. They talk about how as a society, and as humans in America, we have become so self sustaining that we no longer have or feel the need for God. It shows in everything that we do.
::I recently took that convo forward to my worship teams regular thursday night bible study before practice, where I brought up theses points. It rocketed us into a discussion about how we have learned to “trust” but not “depend” on God for things in our lives.
::Here are the 3rd definitions from www.dictionary.com for the words Trust and Depend. Now you tell me where you’re at and where you think the christian world is at, as well as the secular world.
Trust: confidence in the certainty of future payment for property or goods received; credit: to sell merchandise on trust.
Depend : to be conditioned or contingent (usually followed by on or upon ): His success here depends upon effort and ability.
::I fall under the catagory of Trust:( it’s pretty easy and find I stuble upon when needed) and Dependance: (need it when i need it.) It’s pretty sad. It’s pretty much rocked my world, from a christian stand point. Asking myself, how have I become so self sustaining that my god has become everything that “I” have wanted him to be, instead of my God pursing my heart, pushing me where to go, putting me into situations that make me “depend” on him, and knowing that my life can’t be right if my dependance doesn’t come from Him.
My desire is for my heart to depend on God, and not depend on what I want Him to do for me. That type of mindset is flowing into daily activities. I struggle with anger in my life, which spills over into my family times. I literally have to depend on God’s power and strength to pull me up out of my selfish crap, and push me to a joy filled heart that brings life to my family. It’s hard, but when it’s what you “need”, you can make it happen. Just like everything we desire in the world, if we want it, we can usually get it in few days.
Trust isn’t bad, but dependancy, I believe, can bring a greater relationship with God, as well as becoming more “like” Christ, and becoming more intune with what He wants you to do.
::peace::
Matt