Comments on: So what to do? The question of guidance… https://brianharrisauthor.com/so-what-to-do-the-question-of-guidance/ Tue, 05 Aug 2025 02:18:31 +0000 hourly 1 By: Brian Harris https://brianharrisauthor.com/so-what-to-do-the-question-of-guidance/#comment-3092 Sun, 06 Dec 2015 07:29:58 +0000 http://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=1288#comment-3092 In reply to TIM Oates.

Thanks Tim. I appreciate your encouragement.

]]> By: TIM Oates https://brianharrisauthor.com/so-what-to-do-the-question-of-guidance/#comment-3080 Sat, 05 Dec 2015 13:45:00 +0000 http://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=1288#comment-3080 Thanks very much for sharing this Brian – very helpful. May God continue to bless you with wisdom and the ability to teach so clearly and well. Regards Tim

]]> By: peter oliver https://brianharrisauthor.com/so-what-to-do-the-question-of-guidance/#comment-3017 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 11:26:42 +0000 http://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=1288#comment-3017 In reply to Brian Harris.

Absolutely agree that we cannot be passive about it. A passive servant will be willing to obey when and if commanded. An active servant will be alert and aware and eagerly looking for direction with pricked ears and wagging tail. An active servant will also be aware of the commands that their master has given in the past and will be looking for opportunities to continue to obey those commands and will be expecting new directions that are in line with those commands.

]]> By: Brian Harris https://brianharrisauthor.com/so-what-to-do-the-question-of-guidance/#comment-3015 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 10:46:34 +0000 http://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=1288#comment-3015 In reply to peter oliver.

95% agree. But good parents also stretch and develop their children. And our motives are often muddled, and can be self deceiving. So I am not sure we really pray ‘your will be done.’ There is usually an unacknowledged ‘your will be done, provided it’s not that I must….’ We might not even be conscious of this, but it often becomes clear as time progresses. Of course as a loving God, God knows the difference between what will stretch us and what will break us.

While I think we can be at peace about the process, I don’t think we can be passive about it.

But there might be some other views out there.

]]> By: peter oliver https://brianharrisauthor.com/so-what-to-do-the-question-of-guidance/#comment-3014 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 10:31:19 +0000 http://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=1288#comment-3014 God is a good parent. Good parents don’t play mind games with their children. I truly believe that if, in my heart, I want to serve God then he will honour that and I will serve him. If I can truly pray “your will be done” from my heart then I have done all I need to and can safely leave the rest up to him.

What do you reckon?

]]> By: Brian Harris https://brianharrisauthor.com/so-what-to-do-the-question-of-guidance/#comment-3010 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 06:53:13 +0000 http://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=1288#comment-3010 In reply to Justin Florisson.

LOL. Fair comment if you have a literal mind.

]]> By: Justin Florisson https://brianharrisauthor.com/so-what-to-do-the-question-of-guidance/#comment-2995 Tue, 01 Dec 2015 12:25:04 +0000 http://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=1288#comment-2995 I used to pray for Gods guidance via lightning. Then God slowly revealed through scripture and history that almost everyone who gets a lightning bolt dies a horrible death. Aged thirty. Upside down. In a country far away. Now I thank God He didn’t answer my prayer.

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