But God!
In His mercy and grace He allows you to experience situations that cause a stretching and a reshaping. And sometimes it’s the simplest things... the most minuscule, and often inconvenient things that cut in to the deepest parts of our hearts yet untouched.
And it did for
me on a Monday morning. Spilled coffee... all of it... a full glass...
poured all over light cream carpet in a new home.
And I’d behave irrationally.
I typically do.
And I’d pout about the inconvenience and the stain. The all-too familiar grumbling on the start of an already busy week.
But God!
He works in this weary heart and He invites me in for the change He longs to make within me.
And I’d hear it from the spouse I’d shared my heart’s desires with. He’d say it gently, the words I may not like, but need: “Maybe this is it?”
And he was right.
Again.
And I’d enter my office only to have it leap off the page at me, Isaiah 63:1, “I am mighty and ready to save.” Because we know the enemy comes to steal, kill, and destroy. It’s opposing powers that seek to not only steal our joy, but also chip away at our heart. But I know that these “opposing powers” don’t always come in the form of monumental despairs. They, too, can come in the form of aggravating drivers, disturbances in schedules, traffic delays, lack of good sleep, slow cashiers, and yes... spilled coffee on Monday mornings.
And it’s only those who behold the Messiah and beg God for clearer vision that leads to heart transformation... and that changes everything. We only see differently because we’re looking to the Difference-Maker. He’s so full of ridiculous, unreasonable grace.
Today I will act differently. Better maybe? And keep begging God to do the work only He can do!
It really REALLY matters!
And I’d behave irrationally.
I typically do.
And I’d pout about the inconvenience and the stain. The all-too familiar grumbling on the start of an already busy week.
But God!
He works in this weary heart and He invites me in for the change He longs to make within me.
And I’d hear it from the spouse I’d shared my heart’s desires with. He’d say it gently, the words I may not like, but need: “Maybe this is it?”
And he was right.
Again.
And I’d enter my office only to have it leap off the page at me, Isaiah 63:1, “I am mighty and ready to save.” Because we know the enemy comes to steal, kill, and destroy. It’s opposing powers that seek to not only steal our joy, but also chip away at our heart. But I know that these “opposing powers” don’t always come in the form of monumental despairs. They, too, can come in the form of aggravating drivers, disturbances in schedules, traffic delays, lack of good sleep, slow cashiers, and yes... spilled coffee on Monday mornings.
And it’s only those who behold the Messiah and beg God for clearer vision that leads to heart transformation... and that changes everything. We only see differently because we’re looking to the Difference-Maker. He’s so full of ridiculous, unreasonable grace.
Today I will act differently. Better maybe? And keep begging God to do the work only He can do!
It really REALLY matters!
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