Clarity is an elusive quality. We want to be clear so that there will be no confusion. Yet, we yearn for freshness, something exciting, and surprising. They say, "You cannot box-in the Holy Spirit."
"The wind blows where it wills, and you can hear the sound it makes, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes; so it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit (John 3:8)."
What if everything was laid out before us? Just to be clear. We would know what will make us successful, when we would die, and we would know exactly what heaven looks like. No mystery, no surprises. No more searching, no more praying. I'm sure life will be boring and we'd be acting like robots.
The future is not known to us for a purpose. It is hard to see the reason behind the tragic things that happen to us or to a friend. Our faith is often challenged by the desire to know everything right away. We ask, "Why me Lord?" or "Where were you Lord?" We get angry at God because we assume that He did not answer our prayers.
Yet for the Lord, a thousand years is like a blink of an eye.
"But do not ignore this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years* and a thousand years like one day (2 Peter 3: 8)."
Our prayers have been heard and answered. The answers might not be what we excpect, some answers are beyond our lifetime, some answers we see immediately.
The Lord does not delay his promise, as some regard “delay,” but he is patient with you, not wishing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance (2 Peter 3:9).
So, why did some good person get an accident or become a victim of a heinous crime? Only God knows the true reason (Jer. 29:11). Our requirement is to have faith that God is good...all the time.
Living a life in the Holy Spirit is fresh, exciting, and full of surprises. It is meant to be unclear, to be a mystery, so we do not stop seeking and yearning for God. Those who deny God's existence are uncomfortable of what they cannot see or control. They try to box-in life, yet after thousands of years and all these so-called geniuses, no one has found the cure for the common cold.
Let us not stop asking the Lord for clarity of His will for our lives but at same time we have to keep our faith firm when we are confused and the circumstances are unreasonable. If there is one thing that is clear, it is that God loves us and He has a plan for us.
"The wind blows where it wills, and you can hear the sound it makes, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes; so it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit (John 3:8)."
What if everything was laid out before us? Just to be clear. We would know what will make us successful, when we would die, and we would know exactly what heaven looks like. No mystery, no surprises. No more searching, no more praying. I'm sure life will be boring and we'd be acting like robots.
The future is not known to us for a purpose. It is hard to see the reason behind the tragic things that happen to us or to a friend. Our faith is often challenged by the desire to know everything right away. We ask, "Why me Lord?" or "Where were you Lord?" We get angry at God because we assume that He did not answer our prayers.
Yet for the Lord, a thousand years is like a blink of an eye.
"But do not ignore this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years* and a thousand years like one day (2 Peter 3: 8)."
Our prayers have been heard and answered. The answers might not be what we excpect, some answers are beyond our lifetime, some answers we see immediately.
The Lord does not delay his promise, as some regard “delay,” but he is patient with you, not wishing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance (2 Peter 3:9).
So, why did some good person get an accident or become a victim of a heinous crime? Only God knows the true reason (Jer. 29:11). Our requirement is to have faith that God is good...all the time.
Living a life in the Holy Spirit is fresh, exciting, and full of surprises. It is meant to be unclear, to be a mystery, so we do not stop seeking and yearning for God. Those who deny God's existence are uncomfortable of what they cannot see or control. They try to box-in life, yet after thousands of years and all these so-called geniuses, no one has found the cure for the common cold.
Let us not stop asking the Lord for clarity of His will for our lives but at same time we have to keep our faith firm when we are confused and the circumstances are unreasonable. If there is one thing that is clear, it is that God loves us and He has a plan for us.
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