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Dr. Crabb states that if you adopt the vision/goal stated above, “you will give up depending on your own competence. You will give up the pressure of having to make it happen, because you will know that you are out of your league.” How will knowing and believing this change the way you approach SoulCare?
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Dr. Crabb’s statement highlights a powerful truth: when we embrace the vision that SoulCare is ultimately about joining God in His redemptive work, we are freed from the pressure to have all the answers or to “fix” people. Knowing and believing that God is the master of it all changes the way I approach SoulCare by shifting my focus from my own abilities to His power, wisdom, and timing.
This belief invites humility and dependence. Rather than relying solely on my training or therapeutic skills, I am reminded to listen more deeply—to the Holy Spirit, to the person in front of me, and to the movement of God in their life. It encourages me to approach each person with a posture of prayer and surrender, trusting that God is already at work and I am simply a vessel He can use.
Believing this also brings peace. It relieves me of the burden of outcomes and allows me to be present in the process, creating space for authentic connection and transformation. I don’t have to manufacture healing; I just have to be faithful, compassionate, and obedient to what God is calling me to do in that moment.
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In many ways, I believe this is the recognition of our own limitations and inability to control a situation. We like to have the feelings of control, but most of the time these feelings are just illusions. We are not in control. When we accept what Dr. Crabb presents, we are finally being honest with ourselves. We are able to provide soul care out of a place of authenticity and this allows us to lean into the power of the Holy Spirit in fresh ways. It is Christ who makes us competent and when we drift from that reality, and begin believing that it is our training or wisdom that makes us confident, we decieve ourselves and care for people out of a place of pride. It does not allow us to truly be with people.
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It’s not my efforts and works. It’s God’s Spirit who does the work. In soulcare we must be also willing to rely on God and the leading of the Holy Spirit. And to encourage the other person to also seek a deeper relationship with out Lord, Jesus Christ.
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The change comes from the change of focus. Without this vision/goal, we are depending on our training, our experience, our emotions and insights alone. We’re looking for little doors inside that will lead us to the solutions to others’ life challenges. Without that pressure (and frankly delusion) that it all depends on us, our focus shifts to God, his sovereignty, his compassion, his wisdom, and we allow him to guide us in our care toward the individual, not necessarily the problem itself.
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I think realizing it is Gods power working thru my directees to draw them to love the Lord first so as to get closer to Heaven causing almost a natural letting go of anything taking the place of anything in our lives. Ultimately the vers, ‘seek first God and His kingdom and all else will fall to place’.