In Exodus 21, the Jews agree to do and to hear God's command to them...without even knowing all of it! How foolish! No one signs a contract (no wise person anyway) without first reading it. Rabbi Leff says, though, that when you make a promise to God, you make a promise you know you can fulfill and will be in your best interest:
You don't have to ask God for details if He is making you an offer. You trust that God has your best interests in mind, and you know that saying "yes" to God, without knowing any of the details, is the only compelling course of action.I especially like that phrase, "the only compelling course of action." This is why I put this on my blog here and now. Even though I don't know what the other side looks like, I am leaving my life in Denver behind and moving forward to seminary in Kansas City because "saying 'yes' to God...is the only compelling course of action." There is nothing better I can do, no higher purpose to propel my life torward.
So here goes nothing.
I will soar on wings like eagles, which is to say falling into nothing and trusting the wind to carry me upwards.
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