"Grace operates best in the realm of freedom. As free people, we listen to the Lord and say, 'What are you asking of me, Lord?' and 'Where are you leading me?' That is the nature of dialogue, of a relationship, in which we are listening and being called."(R. Rohr "Radical Grace" p. 160)
Most of us love freedom. As Americans we talk about our freedoms all the time. Of course in there are non-flag waving ways in which we are not free. We are in fact servants to a good many things, which in a fascinating irony we chose to shackle ourselves with.
When we are truly free that voice of God has a much better shot at breaking through. When we're so busy tightening those other chains that bind us, we can't possibly have time to enter into a more meaningful dialogue or relationship that asks vocational questions. That asks those deeper meaning and purpose to life.
The freedom we have with God is the ability to ask questions, to truly discern. If we were merely servants we would never dare to ask. But our relationship with God is a freely entered one. One desired strongly by God, and truly beneficial when desired equally by us.
Blessings,
Ed
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