I don’t want to represent a God
who I have processed through my own understanding until He is some kind of
over-cooked pablum.
I want to know the voice of God
well enough to trust Him when He says “Come to Me” or "Go there" no matter if I can
comprehend what He is doing or not.
If my heart is open to
participating in greater works, then He will lead me into things I have not
seen yet, not tasted before, things I have not experienced that He is ready,
willing, and able to do. And I
will get the joy of discovering the power of His ideas and the result of
changed lives as they unfold. That
is clearly going to take faith to walk into new situations and will bust
through any hopes I have to maintain some kind of comfort level. (Apparently that is why He had the
great and compassionate idea to send us the Comforter.) Otherwise, I’ve only matured to the
point of what MY understanding is of His desires, that fits MY boundaries of
His vision, and which clearly cuts Him off from being the Lord who has the
freedom to do all that He desires.
It’s only going to taste and smell
like God if I give Him room to be a lot bigger than me, and those moments will feel
like risks. That is the pilgrimage
we are on, the adventure we are invited into.
When it comes to the end of your
days, where will you have wished you’d let your feet go in faith?
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