Comments on: I’m not sure we really believe (pt 2) | God’s will is best http://www.nikao.ws/2009/06/19/i%e2%80%99m-not-sure-we-really-believe-pt-2-gods-will-is-best/ the price you pay for the life you choose Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:30:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Vince Marotte http://www.nikao.ws/2009/06/19/i%e2%80%99m-not-sure-we-really-believe-pt-2-gods-will-is-best/comment-page-1/#comment-4931 Vince Marotte Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:24:51 +0000 http://www.nikao.ws/?p=1651#comment-4931 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">I'm not sure we really believe God's will is best :: http://is.gd/16jTv</span></span> I’m not sure we really believe God’s will is best :: http://is.gd/16jTv

]]> By: Vince http://www.nikao.ws/2009/06/19/i%e2%80%99m-not-sure-we-really-believe-pt-2-gods-will-is-best/comment-page-1/#comment-4179 Vince Fri, 19 Jun 2009 08:41:42 +0000 http://www.nikao.ws/?p=1651#comment-4179 Great words Aaron! Reality is, God might need you to experience pain to accomplish His will. he might even need you to die. Great words Aaron!

Reality is, God might need you to experience pain to accomplish His will. he might even need you to die.

]]> By: aaron http://www.nikao.ws/2009/06/19/i%e2%80%99m-not-sure-we-really-believe-pt-2-gods-will-is-best/comment-page-1/#comment-4178 aaron Fri, 19 Jun 2009 08:39:11 +0000 http://www.nikao.ws/?p=1651#comment-4178 Word. John Piper calls it "the illusion of safety," that we can effectively do anything to really make ourselves safe/secure. I think about this when people ask me if it's safe to move my family overseas. My mind immediately goes to a friend who spent 8 years in a village in Africa, then came home to the US on a brief visit, got bit by a tick, and now has Lime's disease. She is in immense pain, sick all the time, and got this in Missouri—not Africa. Another friend grew up in the jungle in Papua New Guinnea. When he was 11, his family visited the US. They were in a car crash (that wasn't their fault), his brother was killed, and he is paralyzed from the waist down. And he is now training future missionaries. Sorry, don't mean to hijack the post! But I just had to sound out on this. We value the illusion of safety way too much… What's safer than entirely trusting the Almighty God with your life and soul? Word. John Piper calls it "the illusion of safety," that we can effectively do anything to really make ourselves safe/secure.

I think about this when people ask me if it's safe to move my family overseas. My mind immediately goes to a friend who spent 8 years in a village in Africa, then came home to the US on a brief visit, got bit by a tick, and now has Lime's disease. She is in immense pain, sick all the time, and got this in Missouri—not Africa.

Another friend grew up in the jungle in Papua New Guinnea. When he was 11, his family visited the US. They were in a car crash (that wasn't their fault), his brother was killed, and he is paralyzed from the waist down. And he is now training future missionaries.

Sorry, don't mean to hijack the post! But I just had to sound out on this. We value the illusion of safety way too much… What's safer than entirely trusting the Almighty God with your life and soul?

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