“People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.”
— Søren Kierkegaard
Kierkegaard is by far one of our most brilliant philosophers of this time. His writings all stem from his education by a father who was well to do.
His devotion and his writings centered around the idea that we come to God individually not as a whole. It was based on the idea that the relationship with Christ was subjective and personal stemming from faith which is personal. [Read more…] about Kierkegaard, Not Antonym to Belief
Since I immigrated to the States the legendary truthful or fictitious story during this day has been about 
The chosen people did not follow Jesus because He told them that He was no politician, but their King and Teacher. Their expectation of the Savior Messiah was someone to lead them against the Romans or any other invasion. Jesus, was not their man. He was not a political leader. 
If the attitude is My Way, then Speak Lord is subject to the whim of your own ideas what the day should hold. If in the night you hear what you need, but move on a different road, since Your Way seems better, then that word you received falls by the wayside, lost forever. Like the parable of the seeds where the seed falls on hard ground and never germinates, then gets eaten by birds, never to take hold.