Culture
One Author wrote about a friend who was trying to lose weight, and as a metaphor for those who follow the Kingdom way.
"Most of us hear people talking often about the new diets they’re trying for weight loss.
The problem is that diet books can’t do the one thing that’s required: change the way we think about food and ourselves.
He told me he started to lose weight only when he came to terms with the reality that he lived in and was part of a culture of consumerism in which to be is to consume. Only when he recognized this and chose to resist this narrative did he start seriously to lose weight.”- Alan J.Roxburgh.
How we view ourselves within a set culture plays an important part of understanding the leading of the Carpenter. We cannot remove ourselves from where we reside locally, or if we do, we risk the issue of being "so heavenly minded to be no earthly use”. We cannot just accept the attitudes and morals of the culture around us without critical reflection, for to do so would mean denying the Carpenter’s Kingdom. We need to understand what the Spirit has for us to this day. Understanding takes more time than we think. It becomes an act of will to sit and listen. To be unhurried for the Kingdom. To be with others who also desire this outcome joined in an agreement to see the movement of God.
"Most of us hear people talking often about the new diets they’re trying for weight loss.
The problem is that diet books can’t do the one thing that’s required: change the way we think about food and ourselves.
He told me he started to lose weight only when he came to terms with the reality that he lived in and was part of a culture of consumerism in which to be is to consume. Only when he recognized this and chose to resist this narrative did he start seriously to lose weight.”- Alan J.Roxburgh.
How we view ourselves within a set culture plays an important part of understanding the leading of the Carpenter. We cannot remove ourselves from where we reside locally, or if we do, we risk the issue of being "so heavenly minded to be no earthly use”. We cannot just accept the attitudes and morals of the culture around us without critical reflection, for to do so would mean denying the Carpenter’s Kingdom. We need to understand what the Spirit has for us to this day. Understanding takes more time than we think. It becomes an act of will to sit and listen. To be unhurried for the Kingdom. To be with others who also desire this outcome joined in an agreement to see the movement of God.
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