God does things HIS way. Stop expecting everything to make sense.
“For My ways are not your ways … My ways are HIGHER than your ways” Isaiah 55:8-9.
You’ve seen Christians who think if you lost that job, you must be out of God’s will, or if your marriage is on the rocks, one of you is not following God. Or if you have financial problems, you stopped obeying God and you must retrace your steps and discover where you got off-track.
The un-Biblical logic goes: IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS, QUESTION EVERYTHING.
Christians are notorious second-guessers.
Sadly, while all of us are good at passing judgment, few truly know the voice of God. Most have never spent enough time in the word and in prayer to know His voice.
“Then His family went to take Jesus home, for they were saying, ‘He is out of His mind.’ … A crowd was sitting near Him and told Him, ‘Sir, your mother, your brothers, and your sisters are outside asking for You.’ “ Mark 3:21, 31-35.
Who doubted the work of Jesus? None other than Mary, the virgin who gave birth to the Son of God. She did not like the crowds, the threats, the danger. She got so agitated, she gathered her sons and daughters and went to fetch Jesus and take Him home. Though she kicked off her Son’s ministry at the wedding at Cana—now she decides things have gotten out of hand.
How could Mary doubt Jesus? MARY?
We risk the same error when God does things—according to His mysterious ways—and we assume there is a problem because things are not going according to OUR plans.
But if you have heard from God, HANG ONTO THAT! Trust Him. Expect the unexpected—and don’t assume that if you can’t understand things, then someone is out of God’s will. Enjoy the mystery.
Remember—
DON’T DOUBT IN THE DARKNESS WHAT GOD TOLD YOU IN THE LIGHT.
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