a few quotes from "chasing daylight" by erwin mcmanus:
When you move with God, He always shows up. It's just difficult to predict what He will do or how He will do it. If you wait for guarantees, the only thing that will be guaranteed is that you will miss endless divine opportunities- that you can know for certain. (p.69)
He calls us out of comfort into uncertainty. Faith is all about character, trusting in the character of God, being certain in who God is and following Him into the unknown. (p.75)
Realize He may actually increase the uncertainty and leverage all the odds against you, just so that you will know in the end that it wasn't your gifts but His power through your gifts that fulfilled His purpose in your life. (p.78)
On this journey one thing becomes certain: when you move forward on what you know, things become clearer. When you refuse to act on what you know, all that you do not know paralyzes you. (p.164)
Some of life's greatest opportunities are not behind doors or windows, but behind walls. (p.183)
Prayer is not about informing God of your needs, nor is it even about trying to convince God to help you. Prayer is about connecting to God. It is about experiencing His presence and moving with Him in intimate communion. Jesus reminded us that God is not callous to our needs. Many times our view on prayer implies that God is unconcerned or apathetic. He gives us the imagery. He contrasted God the Father to the man who refuses to get up to provide bread for a friend, but relents because of the other man's perseverance. God is eager to give us both His gifts and Himself if we will ask Him, yet there is an even greater and more subtle danger in the arena of prayer. It is when prayer is reactive rather than proactive. It is the way we subtly use prayer not to seek God's will, but to delay our obedience to His will. (p.215)
i've really enjoyed this book. some parts were a bit too cheesy for my liking, but he made some good points about making choices and acting even though our situations may not be clear cut for us. i thought this book was appropriate timing for my life right now. i am very much living in the present and living out of faith that God will meet me where i am and lead me down His path.
my prayer at the moment is to know what to do presently. do i stay in korea? do i fly home unexpectedly? my school in oxford starts today. so many questions. so few answers. time to seek God...
When you move with God, He always shows up. It's just difficult to predict what He will do or how He will do it. If you wait for guarantees, the only thing that will be guaranteed is that you will miss endless divine opportunities- that you can know for certain. (p.69)
He calls us out of comfort into uncertainty. Faith is all about character, trusting in the character of God, being certain in who God is and following Him into the unknown. (p.75)
Realize He may actually increase the uncertainty and leverage all the odds against you, just so that you will know in the end that it wasn't your gifts but His power through your gifts that fulfilled His purpose in your life. (p.78)
On this journey one thing becomes certain: when you move forward on what you know, things become clearer. When you refuse to act on what you know, all that you do not know paralyzes you. (p.164)
Some of life's greatest opportunities are not behind doors or windows, but behind walls. (p.183)
Prayer is not about informing God of your needs, nor is it even about trying to convince God to help you. Prayer is about connecting to God. It is about experiencing His presence and moving with Him in intimate communion. Jesus reminded us that God is not callous to our needs. Many times our view on prayer implies that God is unconcerned or apathetic. He gives us the imagery. He contrasted God the Father to the man who refuses to get up to provide bread for a friend, but relents because of the other man's perseverance. God is eager to give us both His gifts and Himself if we will ask Him, yet there is an even greater and more subtle danger in the arena of prayer. It is when prayer is reactive rather than proactive. It is the way we subtly use prayer not to seek God's will, but to delay our obedience to His will. (p.215)
i've really enjoyed this book. some parts were a bit too cheesy for my liking, but he made some good points about making choices and acting even though our situations may not be clear cut for us. i thought this book was appropriate timing for my life right now. i am very much living in the present and living out of faith that God will meet me where i am and lead me down His path.
my prayer at the moment is to know what to do presently. do i stay in korea? do i fly home unexpectedly? my school in oxford starts today. so many questions. so few answers. time to seek God...
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