The work of God to shape and heal us is a good thing.
He will have been about preparation before any “surgery” we
need, getting us ready for the procedure, the immediate recovery, and the
on-going healing. He is not a
knife-happy God putting us through things that are not for our well-being, our
freedom, and our eventual—if not immediate—joy.
When He takes things off of us we will probably feel the
immediate cut. He doesn’t numb us totally for the process, which can scare the
living daylights out of us when we see the knife or needle coming our way and
feel it penetrate our flesh. Maybe it is
because it is important for us to be awake and aware of the process, the
significance of the work, and to be able to mark the day of His handiwork and care,
even if we can only see the benefits down the road. He also seems to operate more like a MASH
unit, where we get surgery right on the field, not tucked away in some
insulated setting and remote-location recovery spot where that is the only
thing to be about. We get to experience
it all right in the midst of real life. And
somehow He gives us what we need to do it that way. Grace and mercy are actual things that we
receive.
We miss many of His best gifts because we have to trust His
heart for what doesn’t appear on the surface to be and feel beneficial. He knows what is dead (or deadly) inside us. He never removes anything that is essential for
our life, though we have probably gotten so familiar and comfortable with it
that it feels like a security blanket.
His work is always a good thing. O God, let me be teachable all of my days and
stay on the surgical table as long and as often as you ask. You are not asking me to reside in a hospital
bed endlessly, but enabling me to dance.
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