Friday, September 01, 2006

Are we capable of trust?

Jim Street has been teaching the Psalms. From them we learn that God is faithful and righteous:
However, God is also free. Just as we can count on God to always do the right thing we can also count on God to act out of God's own freedom. I believe that is why we often read the Pslamist crying out, "When, O Lord?" Or, "How long, O Lord?" Or, "Where are You, Lord?"

. . . . The awareness of the freedom of God, to my mind, is what drives the Pslamist to make promises or bargain with God. The Psalmist is trying to get God to make a move.

I often put it this way: "Our problem is not in wondering whether God exists or whether God loves us or whether God will be faithful to us or whether God will do the right thing or not. Our problem is the anxiety of wondering whether God will show up by Friday at 3."
Exactly.

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