active or passive???

so last week i was studying through an article by fred markert…“Active or Passive Lordship”…this article is great and the concept that he is writing about is very foundational to our lives as Christ followers!!! i encourage you to read through that article at some point…

but there were two statements that stuck out to me in the article…one really explains the meaning to this idea of active or passive lordship…“When your doctor gives you a prescription you don’t wait around for him to phone you four times a day and say, “Take your pills now.” The directions are already on the bottle.” …WOW!!! how many times to i sit around and say that i’m waiting on the Lord to show me His will, when all i have to do is read His word to find it???

the second statement in the article was very convicting to me!!! “From the beginning of time the focus of God’s activity has been on His most beloved creation – man. The Bible is a well-documented history of how God has always actively pursued us. From Genesis right after “The Jump” (we don’t “fall” into sin we jump) down through the ages, God has never given up on us. The sad testimony of time is that while God has always aggressively pursued man, man hasn’t always aggressively pursued God!” …WOW! OUCH!! (i was reminded of this again in reading a post on fred’s blog earlier in the week…)

so after dealing with that last week, we had our sunday night meeting with GPS…i found that very few people in the group had read through the article, even though it was supplied to them…and one guy in the group made a great statement…he told people that if they didn’t get that article, there really wasn’t much purpose in going forward with the study…it’s foundational…if we don’t put into practice those things we’ve learned what’s the point in learning more??? if we sit passively and aren’t pursuing God or His will for our lives, what’s the purpose for our lives???

i hope that you are challenged to practice active lordship in your life…to actively pursue God and His will for you…if you are doing this already, please let me know how that looks or works in your life…if there is an area that you are struggling to do this right now, please let me know that as well…maybe there is someone who has been there and can help…

what type of lordship are you living out…

active or passive???

thanks to fred markert and fred mckinnon for their influence and also to cam for challenging GPS like he did!!!