A thought
by Steven Furtick, (2012-09-04) from his book, Greater: Dream Bigger. Start Smaller. Ignite God's Vision for Your Life. (p. 46). The Doubleday Religious Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
Are
you that kind of person? I mean, I will
do, God, whatever you want me to do but could you let me know a little more
about what I am getting into?
Steven
continues, “Your Father is the micromanager of the universe. If He schedules
the worm for the bird and clothes the flower in designer dress, how much more
will He do for you? Approach the greater life knowing God has worked it all out
in advance. He’ll give you the day’s orders when you show up at the job site
because He’s more interested in your full obedience than your full understanding. It’s just the way He
likes to work.”
Is it
important for you to be understood and for you to understand? If I understood what it is and where it is
and when then I will have no problem in going and doing. But is that real obedience and real
faith. And faith and trust and obedience
is the key in living the greater life that God has planned for us. But I really want to know a little bit more.
Margaret
and I were talking about last night one of the problems of being a cautious
parent in the day we live in. I mean the
access to so much knowledge leads us to the situation that we no longer have
blind trust in people. For example
trusting your Doctor. I mean we are in a
measles epidemic right now because parents are cautious about giving the vaccine
to their children. Now I’m not siding
with either side in this but just giving the fact that we live in a world where
the potential for knowledge can breed a lack of trust.
But
the truth is, if I really know God then I really know that I can trust Him and
can be totally obedient to Him. He can
be trusted. And that is the way He
works. It is all built on trust and
obedience.
So are
you willing to obey without fully understanding?
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