Ezekiel
20:8 but they rebelled against me and were not willing to listen to me. None of
them cast away the detestable things their eyes feasted on, not did they
forsake the idols of Egypt
Am
I willing to listen? Isn’t that the question? Am I willing to listen and hear
that what I want might not be the outcome that God wills? Isn’t that the even
better question? I find myself wondering as I read these passages of people who
were willing, no matter what the situation or circumstance, someone had to be
willing to put aside their desire for what was God’s will. I wonder what or how
that was possible. Being willing…is turning out to be the hardest thing I have
encountered as a Christian. Being willing to accept that God’s will might be
different than my own is extremely difficult. And not because I think I know
more than God, not because I don’t know that God knows all things and is in control and not
because I don’t whole-heartedly believe that God wants the best for me; but
because believing that God’s will is different than what I desire is hard. It’s
hard to accept that what is, is what will be.
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