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Embracing God’s Rhythms

Posted on April 7th, 2016

Theologian Robert Barron argues, at the heart of original sin is the refusal to accept God’s rhythm for us. God gave Adam and Eve enormous freedom in the Garden. Then, without explanation, God set a boundary before them. They were not to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Gen.2:15-17). They were to trust and surrender to Him, bowing humbly before His incomprehensible ways.

They were to be active, then passive. They were to work, then they were to surrender in trust. They were to be active, and then they were to let go.


DO and BE


The essence of being in God’s image is our ability, like God, to stop. We imitate Him by stopping and resting. For this reason, when we stop to practice Sabbath each week, or the Daily Office (fixed hour prayer) each day, we touch something deep within us as image-bearers of God.

How are your rhythms today? How are the rhythms of the people you lead?

 

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