So God has some perfect plan in mind for me.
It would seem all my life that I've been searching around on some kind of treasure hunt trying to find the little nuggets of will hidden in crevices, stones, bushes, high peaks, under water, in the dishwasher.. where oh where is God's will.
Then I began to wonder if it is really all that hidden after all. Why would He make it difficult to find, difficult to understand, full of questions and doubts. "Is this God's will, maybe it isn't, I'm not sure" and then once I make a decision how do I know looking back that it was God's will. Does it change after I look back and re-evaluate? "Well, maybe it wasn't God's will, but maybe it was... hmm, I'm not sure!". This sounds a little like insanity and less and less like the life of peace, blessing and perfect plan that God promises.
So, what if I just begin to move forward one step at a time in complete faith that what I am doing IS God's will. Knowing that He has all the details arranged, He has the bigger picture covered, He will make the perfect plan fall into place. I'm not going to spend precious time wondering if it is or isn't God's will. Ultimately, all things work together for good. BUT ... here's my big BUT... in order for this plan to work, I must be in open communication with God, not forcing my will or expectation on how things should go but open to any option on how He wants to use a situation and utilize me. Again - completely open to any option, that any choice I make may turn out how I anticipate it to or it might not or a completely new outcome will arrive.
This is how God can work His perfect plan because His will makes no human sense at all!!!
Who the hell would attempt to tie up their son, but him on a pile of wood and light a match?
Who the hell would use his only remaining strength to push down a building full of people?
Who the hell would follow through marrying a woman who says she's pregnant but it's not your baby?
Who the hell would build a boat not even remotely close to water?
Who the hell would approach a man to marry her in a culture where that was taboo?
God's will may not seem 'right' in our culture. Am I willing to live with criticism and judgement if God will's me to do something counter cultural that may even appear as immoral in our human minds?
It would seem all my life that I've been searching around on some kind of treasure hunt trying to find the little nuggets of will hidden in crevices, stones, bushes, high peaks, under water, in the dishwasher.. where oh where is God's will.
Then I began to wonder if it is really all that hidden after all. Why would He make it difficult to find, difficult to understand, full of questions and doubts. "Is this God's will, maybe it isn't, I'm not sure" and then once I make a decision how do I know looking back that it was God's will. Does it change after I look back and re-evaluate? "Well, maybe it wasn't God's will, but maybe it was... hmm, I'm not sure!". This sounds a little like insanity and less and less like the life of peace, blessing and perfect plan that God promises.
So, what if I just begin to move forward one step at a time in complete faith that what I am doing IS God's will. Knowing that He has all the details arranged, He has the bigger picture covered, He will make the perfect plan fall into place. I'm not going to spend precious time wondering if it is or isn't God's will. Ultimately, all things work together for good. BUT ... here's my big BUT... in order for this plan to work, I must be in open communication with God, not forcing my will or expectation on how things should go but open to any option on how He wants to use a situation and utilize me. Again - completely open to any option, that any choice I make may turn out how I anticipate it to or it might not or a completely new outcome will arrive.
This is how God can work His perfect plan because His will makes no human sense at all!!!
Who the hell would attempt to tie up their son, but him on a pile of wood and light a match?
Who the hell would use his only remaining strength to push down a building full of people?
Who the hell would follow through marrying a woman who says she's pregnant but it's not your baby?
Who the hell would build a boat not even remotely close to water?
Who the hell would approach a man to marry her in a culture where that was taboo?
God's will may not seem 'right' in our culture. Am I willing to live with criticism and judgement if God will's me to do something counter cultural that may even appear as immoral in our human minds?
June 7, 2010 at 8:04 PM
Shortly after writing this:
1. my non-divorced ex married a second wife
2. I was dumped by the deepest love of my life
And yet all of these thoughts are truer than ever. Every moment, every millisecond has been divinely created as a gift just for me.