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The Hope of Deconstruction - James Choung - 31 - FrontStage BackStage with Jason Daye
As ministry leaders, when our hopes have been dashed, or we find ourselves experiencing a personal crisis of faith, it can be very challenging to navigate through those times. Oftentimes we will turn to disillusionment, deconstruction, or even despair. In this week's conversation on FrontStage BackStage, host Jason Daye is joined by James Choung, Vice President of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship and author of Longing for Revival. Together, James and Jason explore how God actually invites us into these challenging spaces, and how we can position ourselves with a posture of invitation and expectancy, so we can experience personal revival and tremendous spiritual growth.
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Some key takeaways from this conversation:
James Choung on preparing ourselves for personal revival: "We know that Jesus is with us. That's the promise we have from Genesis to Revelation. We know he's with us. And my question is, what do you sense God is saying to you in this moment?"
James Choung on killing expectations and raising expectancy: "Expectations say, unless God shows up for me in this particular way, unless my church grows, unless, like, people are enamored with my teaching, unless there's something that's happening in a particular way, then God is not good or he's not with me. Right? What expectancy says, it doesn't matter how God shows up, I trust in His character. And I will trust him, what he wants to do, right? Expectation says unless it shows up the way I'm praying for it, then God is not good. He's not with me. Where expectancy says, God, you can answer that prayer any way you want. I'm open to your will. Because I trust your love and goodness and beauty, that there's a reason to hope that you'll turn all things for the good of those who love you. But it doesn't mean it has to happen my way. And until we get there, then I think we become the bottleneck to what God might want to do through us."
James Choung on deconstruction: "The thing we have is Jesus, Emmanuel, God is with us. So that gives us the grace then to go through that deconstruction, knowing that there's something on the other side, that's full of wonder and beauty and goodness."
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