Experiencing God by Henry Blackaby & Claude King
Week 8: Chapter 7 — Adjusting Your Life to God
Read Chapter 7 of Experiencing God. Key Scriptures: Luke 9:23–24; Romans 12:1–2.
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Blackaby's most counter-cultural claim lands here: You cannot stay where you are and go with God at the same time. Adjustment — sometimes radical adjustment — is not optional for the person who wants to follow God.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Blackaby states plainly that 'you cannot continue to do things the way you have been doing them, stay where you are, and go with God.' What is the most significant adjustment you sense God may be calling you to make right now?
2.The chapter distinguishes between surface-level adjustments (changing a schedule or habit) and deep-level adjustments (surrendering an ambition, a relationship, a sense of control). Which kind does Blackaby say God is usually after?
3.Blackaby uses examples of biblical characters whose adjustments were costly — Abraham leaving his homeland, the disciples leaving their nets, Zacchaeus giving away half his wealth. What made those adjustments possible for each of them?
a.What was the common thread in how they responded?
b.What would it look like for you to demonstrate that same posture?