However, I see "waiting on God" as an active anticipation of His movement in the world, not an apathetic waiting on 'meh'.
God does occasionally instruct what we should do, but more to the point is that while we're given "...the Sword of the Spirit...", which is God's Word of truth whereby we might discern what's truth and what's false/wrong/evil, we're called (as I think it's Ephesians 6 or 10) "...to STAND." All our spiritual armour is defensive except for God's Word, and we're not told to run into the fray, we're told to STAND, "...and having withstood all..." we're then where God wants us to be.
I like your comment about "The distinction between the two could be the difference between being canonized as a saint or burned at the stake as a witch." I think of Julian of Norwich or St. Teresa de Avila and how they were only canonized long after there were questions of heresy.
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Date: 2008-04-30 03:11 pm (UTC)God does occasionally instruct what we should do, but more to the point is that while we're given "...the Sword of the Spirit...", which is God's Word of truth whereby we might discern what's truth and what's false/wrong/evil, we're called (as I think it's Ephesians 6 or 10) "...to STAND." All our spiritual armour is defensive except for God's Word, and we're not told to run into the fray, we're told to STAND, "...and having withstood all..." we're then where God wants us to be.
I like your comment about "The distinction between the two could be the difference between being canonized as a saint or burned at the stake as a witch." I think of Julian of Norwich or St. Teresa de Avila and how they were only canonized long after there were questions of heresy.
Nechtan :)