I’ve found 42 verses in the Bible alluding to the mystery of God. It is interesting to read them and relate because God has mystified me for as long as I’ve known Him. In the last couple of years I’ve drawn closer to God than at any point in my life and as I’ve done so and my faith has increased, He has chosen to reveal more of Himself to me in a variety of ways.
Recently God granted me tremendous peace that replaces the angst, frustration, and disappointments that I’ve periodically felt while trying to launch The Jesus Alliance. I’ve felt like wringing my hands (and a few necks) as I’ve seen people who God has blessed enormously and could easily step up to the plate and put it in the upper deck ignore this opportunity to serve God in a mighty way and instead chase after the temporal and good times of this “vaporesque” life. I am tempted to judge and condemn them and that is a very stupid thing to do and is not my job.
One day not long ago I was wringing my hands worrying about our funding drying up and suddenly I asked myself, why I was beating my head against a stone wall. I’m hard headed but the wall is much harder. This is not my project, but God’s. I’m merely the slave in this relationship. As Bill Bright used to say, “Slaves don’t worry they simply obey their Master”. God is the one who owns the cattle and the thousand hills that they graze upon. He owns all of creation and could easily fund it.
Could it be that He doesn’t want it funded at this particular time?
Ping!
Duhhh . . . Sorry Boss didn’t mean to try and get ahead of You on this one.
So I’m through worrying about it and guess what? I have found my sweet peace! I will do what I can and enjoy my life to the maximum and rely upon God to give it the juice.
This reminds me of something that the Bright family told me about Bill Bright founder of Campus Crusade for Christ, (CRU) and I quote “I had to learn how to trust the Lord. My faith muscles grew. Just like, you’re exercising your muscles and they may be sore for a while, but they become stronger with exercise. Faith grows with exercise. You see God work miracles.”
God’s miracle for me today is knowing peace. I’m content to stay at home and work quietly in my study on the things that I perceive that God wants me to work on and this afternoon maybe I’ll go sit in my deer stand. At a time of His choosing God will bring together the people and the resources that He wants to accomplish the things that He wants accomplished.
He doesn’t need me; I need Him . . .
Whew! I’m glad that’s settled. I’m in the capable hands of our Savior and Lord and I have complete faith in Him.
Are you fretting about something today? Are you impatiently trying to force it to happen ahead of God’s schedule? You might want to wear a helmet while you pound your head against that wall, or do as I’ve done and sit back and relax and trust God to lead the way.
Acts 17:25
And he is not served by human hands, as if He needed anything. Rather, He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.
December 16, 2014 – Click here to listen