Book Review: Leading Through Resisitance
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Earlier, I posted a reflection of my devotional reading of the Luke passage for my class using Lectio Divina. Another type of devotional reading we were asked to do was to read the post Ignatian Style. I actually found that one to be more fruitful for me.
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I think there is a message there.
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In the class I was taking, I was asked to contribute 10 resources to a list of class accumulated resources. Not all of these are my favorite, but I tried to keep to items on my bookshelves or the internet.
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I mentioned that I was (last month) involved in a class called "Reading the New Testament with Fresh Eyes." While working my way through that class, I came to realize that my prayer life has not been as intentional as it was during previous times of my life. So I decided to work to change that.
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Why is it important to understand the historical nature of Jesus's life?
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For a class I just completed called Reading the New Testament with Fresh Eyes, I was asked to pick a New Testament passage for exegesis and sermon or Bible study preparation. One of the steps in the process was to read the passage devotionally using Lectio Divina.
My passage was Luke 18:18-27, sometimes called the Rich Young Ruler. Here are my journaling notes after the devotional reading:
When
I read the passage this evening, I noticed something I had not seen
before. The phrase that stood out to me was in verse 27 (which is beyond
the passage I mentioned in the work a few days ago - I had planned to stop at
verse 25, but 26-27 seem to go with it). I saw the phrase "What is
impossible for mortals is possible for God."
I went back and looked at the passage again. In the beginning of it, Jesus and the man are talking about what the man could do. Then Jesus tells him that it is impossible for him. The man leaves (Special note - in Luke, the man doesn't leave. This story is in the three synoptic Gospels. He leaves in the other two, but not this one.). Jesus says "What is impossible for mortals in possible God.
Do we give up too soon? Do we try to do it all on our own, even when Jesus is telling us we cannot, and then we give up and walk away? Do we fail to rely on God - to put our trust and all we have in God's hands? In God's hands, all is possible. In our hands alone, it is not.
What
is it we could do if we gave up control?
There are those things that are impossible for us. And giving up control of them, and giving control to God, may not accomplish that which we want to have happen. We still live in this world of natural laws. Even so, when we move through something impossible with God - God can make moving through it possible.
Was it impossible for the man to sell all he had? Was it impossible for him to release it because he wanted his money more that he wanted God? Did he need to rely on God before he could let go? Why didn't he? Did he? Would we? Will we?
The Message translation said, "No chance at all,” Jesus said, “if you think you can pull it off by yourself. Every chance in the world if you trust God to do it.”
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