“We may ignore, but we can nowhere evade the presence of God. The world is crowded with Him. He walks everywhere incognito.”
"But, God, how are you even real?" Does that sound familiar? Are you the, "Oh, how I love Jesus because he cares for me" type of "Christian," when in all reality, that phrase ends in a question mark ..."because he cares for me?" God, how are you even real? I have my head deep in debt. I work paycheck to paycheck. Shoot, I work my tail off, and opportunities are still given to other people. I pray to you over and over again.. and I have yet to fall in love. This emotional roller coaster of what you don't have and who you don't have ends in the question of... God, how are you even real? The "how in the heck did she even get that? She don't love you like I love you" (yes I just referenced Beyoncé) seems to haunt us as we watch other people get what we feel are undeserved blessings. Those prayers of "Lord, I'm tired. Show me who you are!" and my absolute favorite of "God, if you could just show me You, I'll live for you for the rest of my life." They're pretty close to the drunken prayer that you gasp out over the toilet between coughing up a lung. "God, I promise I'll never drink again if You just spare me this time!" Now, you know good and well... What if I told you that those questions are normal? Like, those questions that hold so much vainness and demand are actually legitimate questions that have answers. What if I told you those questions aren't you inquiring about God but instead Him inquiring about you? James 4:8 -- "Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you." So, let's get to the bottom of this. You want the perfect life, huh? You want to BAM - wake up, breakfast in bed, shower, kiss the finest man/woman in America with stinky breath, have a makeup team there to get you snatched and head to a carefree job that pays you booku money?! Sounds absolutely perfect. But would you still have those "will the real magical Jesus please stand up' questions?" if you had all of those things? Nah, of course not! So are those questions actual desires of your heart? Do you have a true desire to know the Creator of the Universe? Or do you just need someone to blame for the shortcomings in your life? -A
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