THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD, PART I (7 OF 14)
Scripture: Genesis 25:1, Genesis 26:33
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The Faithfulness of God, part I (7 of 14)
Series: Telos Genesis & The Ultimate Aim of Creation
Patrick Edwards
Genesis 25:1-26:33
Introduction: If there is one thing I have learned from being married beyond everything else is it that when my wife has an issue, or is, let's say, sharing her frustrations about something with me, I have learned that the absolute best thing for me to do is nothing. Do nothing at all. Say nothing at all. Keep eye contact, pay attention, listen, and give the occasional 'Mmm'.
Now, this has been a hard lesson for me to learn and not one I have completely mastered. Because you see my inclination, my gut-reaction, to whenever Teresa raises a problem to try to solve it! I'm confident most husbands battle this natural response of the heart. You have an issue? Well call me 'Fix-It Felix' and let's get it done. You guys know what I'm talking about. Wife is having an issue with another person? Well let's talk it out and figure out a solution. Wife is frustrated with me? Well what can I do right now to make it better so you'll be happy with me again.
Now, of course, this isn't limited only to my marriage. I think that men, in large part, have this perspective to most things in life. We're doers. And men aren't alone in this, to some respect we all feel this need to be in control. When's something's broken, to try to make it right. You see there is this subconscious belief that I think all human beings have that, ultimately, we are in control. We are the masters of our fate, that we need to just pick ourselves up by the boot straps and make it happen.
Even among Christians this 'I'm in control' mentality can rear its ugly head, whether its uttered in unbiblical phrases like 'God helps those who help themselves,' manifested in the attitudes we sometimes take that without us the mission of God will fail, or even in some people's insistence on free will. Right? I mean we love to talk about free will, and yet you can't find that ph ...
Series: Telos Genesis & The Ultimate Aim of Creation
Patrick Edwards
Genesis 25:1-26:33
Introduction: If there is one thing I have learned from being married beyond everything else is it that when my wife has an issue, or is, let's say, sharing her frustrations about something with me, I have learned that the absolute best thing for me to do is nothing. Do nothing at all. Say nothing at all. Keep eye contact, pay attention, listen, and give the occasional 'Mmm'.
Now, this has been a hard lesson for me to learn and not one I have completely mastered. Because you see my inclination, my gut-reaction, to whenever Teresa raises a problem to try to solve it! I'm confident most husbands battle this natural response of the heart. You have an issue? Well call me 'Fix-It Felix' and let's get it done. You guys know what I'm talking about. Wife is having an issue with another person? Well let's talk it out and figure out a solution. Wife is frustrated with me? Well what can I do right now to make it better so you'll be happy with me again.
Now, of course, this isn't limited only to my marriage. I think that men, in large part, have this perspective to most things in life. We're doers. And men aren't alone in this, to some respect we all feel this need to be in control. When's something's broken, to try to make it right. You see there is this subconscious belief that I think all human beings have that, ultimately, we are in control. We are the masters of our fate, that we need to just pick ourselves up by the boot straps and make it happen.
Even among Christians this 'I'm in control' mentality can rear its ugly head, whether its uttered in unbiblical phrases like 'God helps those who help themselves,' manifested in the attitudes we sometimes take that without us the mission of God will fail, or even in some people's insistence on free will. Right? I mean we love to talk about free will, and yet you can't find that ph ...
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