It is annoying, but aren’t we the same way with God? We too
try to tell Him where we want to go. We urge him to go faster. We question the direction He is leading us.
The truth is that we don’t really know how to drive. We have limited vision and don’t know where
we are headed. We want to take the wheel
when the truth is we don’ t know what is best.
Who are we to question the omniscient, all-powerful creator of all time
and space?
We just need to sit back and trust that God knows where we
are headed and the best way to get there.
We will encounter some roadblocks a long the way, likely causing us to
question His path for us. But he put
those roadblocks there to protect us. To
make us turn around and go down a better path—the best path--a route that will
get us to our destination at just the right time.
But what is our destination?
Remember that I said that we don’t know where we are headed? We often loose sight of our ultimate destination
in favor of the pit stops along the way.
Maybe we think, “I just need to get over this illness” or “My kids just
need to grow up and move out.” With
these pit stops as our destinations we are apt to take what we think is the
quickest route. But God always has our
ultimate destination in mind---to give him glory by becoming more like Him.
We were created in the image of God, but we because of our
nature we continually fall short of that image.
Our final destination is to become more like Christ. The only way that it can happen is if we
trust God with our path. We may question
the purpose of certain circumstances in our life, but that is because we don’t
understand how it can work for our good.
We see only that the circumstances are in our way preventing us from
reaching what we believe is our destination.
But God know our ultimate destination, and the best way to get there.
I’m thinking of the life of Abraham. There he was prospering when God suddenly
told him to pick up and move. God didn’t
even tell him where he was going, just that He would show him and bless
him. Abraham had to trust God with his
path and his destination. Along the
way, he experienced many roadblocks and occasionally questioned God’s
leading. He even tried to take the wheel
a couple of times. Ultimately, as God
proved Himself a faithful, loving God, Abraham came to a place where he was
willing to make the ultimate sacrifice—his son.
God had led him down a path where he had become more like God—who also
made the ultimate sacrifice of his Son.
I have my dark moments where I question this disease and I
just call out to God “heal me—but go faster!”
But I need to trust that there is a purpose for all of this and that God
will deliver me to my destination safe and sound. This illness is simply just a roadblock. Because I trust the driver, I can have beautiful moments of pure bliss--wind in my hair, sun on my face, perfectly content.
So sit back, relax and enjoy the ride!
Romans 8:28
New International Version (NIV)
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