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[Timothy]

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[christundivided]

Woulda, coulda, shoulda......

The FACT is.... your can't get the place you wanted anymore. Life is full of such circumstances. Living for God isn't all about being at just the right place...... just at the right time. Its living for God REGARDLESS of the circumstances. If you have lived for Him while in your "little" apartment.... Just keep it up. You aren't missing anything.

Don't you think that God could have put the other "place" on the market BEFORE you had to sign the papers to renew?

 

[rsc2a]

The FACT is.... your can't get the place you wanted anymore. Life is full of such circumstances. Living for God isn't all about being at just the right place...... just at the right time. Its living for God REGARDLESS of the circumstances. If you have lived for Him while in your "little" apartment.... Just keep it up.

I would completely agree with this.

You aren't missing anything.

How in the world could you possibly know this?

Don't you think that God could have put the other "place" on the market BEFORE you had to sign the papers to renew?

The attitude reflected in this statement requires some theological presuppositions that I'm not willing to accept.

 

[christundivided]

The attitude reflected in this statement requires some theological presuppositions that I'm not willing to accept.

This from someone that believes that man can affect his own destiny. Its all.... already written/foreordained.

 

[christundivided]

I won't pretend to understand the theology behind all this. But the Bible says to seek the Lord, God will provide, Trust in him .... and we have beautiful examples of men who did put trust in God.

Sure, we can serve God in our current home. But, it comes at a price of greater distance to Church and the lesson of not trusting God.

The clear challenge for me right now is to learn (or perhaps, understand better) how to Trust God.

I thought you wanted input? Looks like you've already made up your mind.....

You comparison with Peter is rather shallow. You're not walking on water and Peter wasn't look for a new apartment.

Next time.... are you going to go against common sense reasoning and "blindly" make a choice to let your apartment go regardless of the circumstance?

 

[rsc2a]

The attitude reflected in this statement requires some theological presuppositions that I'm not willing to accept.

This from someone that believes that man can affect his own destiny. Its all.... already written/foreordained.

Let's look at the quote again:

Don't you think that God could have put the other "place" on the market BEFORE you had to sign the papers to renew?

Now, let me ask you a question: you don't think God could have put the ram in the thicket just a tad sooner BEFORE Abraham stretched forth his hand to kill his son?

Questions like that are why I find your presuppositions troubling because your presuppositions have no answer for those kinds of questions.

 

[standingtall]

We just signed a rental agreement on our little apartment for another year. My wife and I really wanted to move (closer to Church, bigger home for growing family) and it was hard to sign this new agreement. Deep inside we felt we shouldn't renew the agreement but trust God to provide a new place, but on another level we made the practical decision that this was probably best financially, though small. We signed the lease with tears.

......

Now, I find myself really considering just walking away from my job. This past Sunday our pastor preached on worldliness (real worldliness, not CCM and pants on women crap) ... anyway ... it is clear that my boss is very worldly and drags me into his dishonestly ways.

Maybe God didn't allow the "For Rent" sign to be put up until AFTER you'd signed the lease on the cheaper apartment. Maybe he knew you were going to make a bad decision and walk away from your job even though you have a family to support.

Suck it up and drive on.  Don't quit your job until you've found something you feel will be better.  The majority of us have jobs with "worldly" bosses.   

 

[rsc2a]

I won't pretend to understand the theology behind all this. But the Bible says to seek the Lord, God will provide, Trust in him .... and we have beautiful examples of men who did put trust in God.

"Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desire of your heart."

That may very well be Him changing your desires.

The clear challenge for me right now is to learn (or perhaps, understand better) how to Trust God.

Honestly, that may be the reason the "For Rent" sign didn't go out until later.

 

[HeDied4U]

We just signed a rental agreement on our little apartment for another year. My wife and I really wanted to move (closer to Church, bigger home for growing family) and it was hard to sign this new agreement. Deep inside we felt we shouldn't renew the agreement but trust God to provide a new place, but on another level we made the practical decision that this was probably best financially, though small. We signed the lease with tears.

We drive past this duplex on our way to Church and previously deep down I felt that perhaps this duplex would be our new home. I had no reason to believe this. It wasn't up for rent and clearly people already lived in the home. Anyway, after signing the lease we drove past the duplex this past Sunday and a "For Rent" sign was on the front lawn.

I felt awful inside and now I find myself questioning how the Lord and I interact with each other. What did I miss? Should I have just not signed the renewal agreement? Is God showing me what I could have had?

This has happen before with a car purchase. We purchased a NEW car and took on large payments only to have a car practically given to us three months later. It was in great condition. It was almost like God was saying, "trust me ...."

Now, I find myself really considering just walking away from my job. This past Sunday our pastor preached on worldliness (real worldliness, not CCM and pants on women crap) ... anyway ... it is clear that my boss is very worldly and drags me into his dishonestly ways.

Should I walk? Should I assume that God will provide?

How do we respond to God? How does he reach us beyond his Word? Does he?

Really can't comment on the apartment situation, except to say I know where you're at. The lease on our apartment is up at the end of May, and we are trying to decide on a couple of different avenues. All I know for sure is that much prayer will go into our decision.

As for walking away from your job...DON'T!! Unless you already have something lined up, you'd be better off staying where you're at; despite having a "worldly" boss. As standingtall said, many of us have worldly bosses. I've worked for some really corrupt SOB's in my time, but have always tried to be a light in the darkness (didn't always succeed however).  In this economy, be thankful that you have a job since you have a family to provide for. However, nothing says you can't look for a new/better job while at your current job. I've done that many times as well.