“Know this: God is God, and God, God. He made us; we didn’t make him. We’re his people, his well-tended sheep.” Psalm 100.3
Living out one’s priorities brings to our idealistic minds all kinds of benefits. We know our troubles will be less, somehow. We think life will become a smoother series of events, of course. We anticipate days of happiness and peace, all due to changes around us.
As I took the lessons of earlier this week and applied them, I automatically baked in my undue expectations. I knew early in the morning what the outcomes of events for the day would be. I also knew how the day was going to work. I was 100% wrong!
Life got worse! Personnel issues, performance challenges, crazy people who cannot seem to help hurting themselves, schedules that quickly became too tight, and I have not yet got to lunch! So many ways in yesterday were more difficult, more challenging, and more problematic than any day of the previous week or month. Yesterday was far worse to live, yet far better in living.
In living, I saw the direct result of having God take on the big issues. I wish I knew how God was going to deal with the injustice. I do not. I tried to understand how God is going to focus in on the miscommunication and poor perception; clearly he has a plan and I know I just need to walk in faith. Conflicts were present at every corner, but somehow the traps did not get me. God is God! God guides His people, His well-tended sheep! God loves you and me! My expectations are radically shifting. God’s promise and role in being God does not mean problems go away or somehow magically get smaller. God’s presence can and will bring happiness and peace, but I cannot anticipate how He will play it out!
Living is tough yet easy. Do I accept God’s help to face life or face life and seek God’s help? The answer determines how we live! God is always our answer!
