Quotes about Willingness

Beneath the layers of hurt, beneath the ragged laughter, I heard a willingness to endure. Endure—and make music that wasn't there before.

The only real difference between Anxiety and Excitement was my willingness to let go of Fear.

Christ does not control his subjects by force, but is King of a willing people. They are, through His grace, freely devoted to His service.

What we require is obedience—the strength to stand and the willingness to leap, and the sense to know when to do which. Which is exactly what we get when an accurate memory of God's ways is combined with a lively hope in his promises.

Our Lord gave us the picture of the child as a model for Christian faith (Mk 10:14-16) not because of the child's helplessness but because of the child's willingness to be led, to be taught, to be blessed. God does not reduce us to a set of Pavlovian reflexes so that we mindlessly worship and pray and obey on signal; he establishes us with a dignity in which we are free to receive his word, his gifts, his grace.

I'll never forget the Sunday that the Lord informed me that it wasn't my service, and I couldn't do as I pleased. (Planning is biblical. But our diligence and vision must never include usurping the authority of the Holy Spirit. The lordship of Jesus is seen in our willingness to follow the Holy Spirit's leading. He wants His Church back!) But

When Jesus wanted to be baptized in water by John, John knew he wasn't qualified (see Matt. 3:14). But when you're willing to do what you're unqualified to do, that's what qualifies you.

Being willing to do what you are not qualified to do is sometimes what qualifies you.

Christ warns that the only indestructible house is the one built upon the rock of His teachings. The strength of our houses is not dependent on our salvation. It's not dependent on our faith. It's dependent on our willingness to live according to God's Word.

The level of trust we have for God is a monumental issue in the life of every believer. Many variables in our lives affect our willingness to trust God. A loss or betrayal can deeply mark our level of trust. A broken heart never mended handicaps us terribly when we're challenged to trust. Trusting an invisible God doesn't come naturally to any believer. A trust relationship grows only by stepping out in faith and making the choice to trust.

In John 6 we read that when great multitudes went after Him, He told them three times that unless they were willing to pay the price, they could not be His followers.

Patience in our lives springs from God's power based upon our willingness to learn it.