So Professor Leeper, I do not think you understand where I am coming from.
I agree that we should be free with God. Yes He is our Father and Friend, but I will say what I said in class on Thursday again. We must be careful.
In all things and at all times, we must acknowledge that God is not only Father but King. The same God who is tender and loving is a consuming fire. We must acknowledge this ALWAYS when we come into His Presence.
Remember Queen Vashti, the wife of King Ahasuerus, she was thrown out of the palace because she refused to come when her husband called her. As the wife she could refuse her husband, she had the right to do so. She had every right to be free with Him and not have to pretend around him. But as a queen she had no right to refuse the king. The king her husband.
Was he not her husband when out of anger he threw her out of the palace?
God is our Father but we must never forget that He is our King. Familiarity should not breed contempt. We should not misuse our freedom when we are in God's Presence.
That is my point sir.
Scream at the top of your voice and pour your heart to God but never forget to acknowledge the King. David always did in his Psalms. After crying out to God, He would praise Him and exalt God. Because He knew that even though He was on the lap of his Father, he was also on in the Presence of the King.
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I understand that when familiarity breeds contempt, that's when we should stop and think about what we are doing. An openness with God to the point where we are cursing him for being absent in our lives is definitely something we should not be moving toward. Disobedience of his commands is an openness that is in some way not a familiarity with God. To be familiar is to respect. Refusing to come when being called upon does not show familiarity, it shows disrespect.
ReplyDeleteTo say that we don't have to be careful with God is not the best choice of words. We must assume respect and obedience, but we can be harsh as well. We can question why. Why having you forsaken me, oh God?
Having a good relationship requires us to be harsh with one another sometimes, when we aren't understanding the other's motives. A relationship with your friend includes arguments that lead to bitterness and arguments that lead to resolution. You shouldn't be careful about it when it comes to showing your feelings. However, when you begin to curse the other and disrespect them, that is when it has gone too far.
By the way, the Mark of the Lion series is one of my all time favorites. Not so much An Echo in the Darkness, but I loved the first and third books.
LOOVE THOSE BOOKS! It was amazing. Yeah I agree with both of you, we should be open with our feelings with God. I don't exactly think Mr. Leeper was suggesting that we should be open to disrespect and curse God although at some points it might've sounded like that. I like the example of seeing God as my dad because I know I will share my feelings with my dad openly but in a way that still acknowledges his authority. I believe that is the mindset we should have as we approach God.
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