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Pick A Box

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Do you have God in a box?

It’s an odd question…an old question.

Usually, we say we believe the Creator of the Universe is too big to be limited. We use theological words like omnipresent, omniscient, omni-something-or-other.

But we don’t live what we believe.

Sometimes we act like our problem is too big for God to handle…or too small for him to care. Or at times, we’d rather do things our way, because he’s too slow. Funny…he never seems to be in half the the hurry I am.

We hold back from letting him help because we don’t want him to “mess things up”. All that means is we only want our way, but don’t look at the mess we’ve made.

We take him out when it’s convenient, when it makes us look good, when no one will be offended.

What if God put us in little boxes and only took us out when it was convenient?

Here’s a couple verses that can help us with this box problem:

5 Trust in the Lord with ALL your heart,
    and do not rely on your own insight.
6 In ALL your ways acknowledge him,
    and he will make straight your paths. (Proverbs 3:5-6)

If we will do this…he will do that.

So either we climb into that God box with our ALL,  or we let him out so he has freedom to fill and lead us wherever we are.

PRAYER: God, sorry about the box thing. This world we live in is so conveniently compartmentalized. It’s how we try to maintain control. Help us to do that hard work of trusting you with our ALL so you can lead us into your best. Amen.

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Learning From Waiting

Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long. Psalm 25:5

 

Are you waiting? Think it has no purpose? Have you looked for what you’re supposed to be learning? Have you listened to the teacher, the Master?

Start by looking for the truth…and wait.

 

When my grandson was very young any long period of time was dubbed, “Allllll day.” You could ask how long he had been playing with his cars and he would be respond, “Alllll day.” It could been five or ten minutes, but his response was always the same.

How long have you been waiting? No matter how long, wait for Him, “Alllll day.”

PRAYER: God, you are such a patient teacher. Forgive us for failing to look for, listen to, and heed the lessons. We know we have much to learn. Help us to stick with it “Alllll day.” Amen.