Wednesday, August 19, 2009

True

Hmm, from the responses this post received perhaps a part two is a good idea
To try to explain more clearly what I mean
About not mis-understanding Him.

Let me see. . .
The way I find easiest, is to relate spiritual things with human things; almost like little parables, for eg:

If babies, going for their shots, could think logically, they would assume their parents don't care about them; do not protect them; don't love them.
After all, how could they they allow someone to stick a needle into their flesh and cause them a lot of pain otherwise?
Because the parents don't lift a finger to protect them; in fact, they thank the perpetrator!

Schoolgoing kids rail against parents because they have to go to school and learn stuff they don't think they need to learn: they have to deal with children and teachers who are not always kind.
But the parents make them go anyway.

Teens often accuse their parents of not loving them because the parents refuse to give them what they want.
How many of us have had the accusation aimed at us (and have aimed it at our own parents): "You don't care about me!"

But we all know now that that is far from the truth

It was misunderstanding
Misunderstanding of the hearts of the parents;
Of the motives of the parents
An inability because of youth or ignorance to see the bigger picture.

Now we see things differently: we no longer misunderstand those kinds of things
But we can still misunderstand God
When life seems tough, and nothing is clear
Because we don't see His bigger picture.

But what we need never ever do again is misunderstand His heart or motives.

When He says He is good
He is good
No matter what life dishes up.
When He says He loves us, He loves us
No matter how it looks to us at the time, if we belong to Him, He is bringing something good out of the mess.

2 comments:

Lynette Jacobs said...

Something like..."I know the plans I have for you...plans to prosper you and not to harm you..." Then remembering that His grace will be sufficient for us and that He will never give us more than we can bare.

Why is it always so difficult to remember these things when the going gets tough:)

allie. said...

Yes Lynette, something like that.
Believing that
Remembering that. .
I am convinced that part of sanctification is learning to remember that when times are tough and acting on it.

I am also conviced that we do get better at remembering even if we don't realise it