The way of imagination

  ·         Biblical texts : Jeremiah 21.1-10; Psalm 89.19-33; Gospel of Luke 11.37-51       Not-so-great expectations .   Have you ever been disappointed by God?   I don’t believe that God can ever really disappoint us (since he’s perfectly good and faithful), but I’ve often felt disappointed because God didn’t do what I wanted him to do or things didn’t turn out the way I would have liked.   Does that sound familiar?   We have a tendency to approach God with expectations.   This is quite natural – we believe that God has the power to intervene in our lives and we approach him with a sense of expectancy that he is going to solve our problems.   However, a better strategy is to approach God with attentiveness – with ears that are ready to listen to his voice and hearts that are willing to obey what he tells us to do.   We see this dynamic at play again and again in both Luke’s Gos...