The tension between doing and waiting on the Lord
John Piper on the tension between doing and waiting on the Lord:
“Life is spontaneous 95% of the time! Which means that consulting the Lord happens in the morning over the Book, covering the whole day. You say, “Lord, here I go. I’m going to go into life and I’m going to do ten thousand things with my tongue, my eyes, my hands, my heart, and my legs today. Would you please guide me? Would you so transform my mind and bring it into conformity to Jesus that spontaneously what comes out of my mouth would be helpful and loving to people? Because I can’t pause at every moment in my life to ask you about this. You’ve got to be so in me and so fully functioning through me that my spontaneity is you!” …However—I can’t tell you what the criteria are for this—but for many things that you are about to do, it is good to pause and pray. Pause and ask God, especially with the bigger things…the bigger a thing is, the more fitting it is to pause, get your bearings, and consult with the Lord.”
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