“It takes a long time to understand that I am not here for you, but that you are here for Me. It takes even longer to enjoy that arrangement. Come to Me in My letters with all your frustrations, hopes and questions, but DO NOT COME EXPECTING that I will advise you on how best to accomplish YOUR agendas. I have a far better plan.” –Larry Crabb in “66 LoveLetters”
Oh Lord, in my self-centered, American way of thinking, this
is hard to grasp. It does take a long time and a lot of pain to understand that
You are not here for me, but that I am here for You. And You’re right, it takes
even longer to enjoy that arrangement. Here’s why…
“The stories I tell convey my message to desperate people, to people miserable enough to realize that their approach to life is horribly and subtly flawed, who want to overcome their biggest flaw more than they want their lives to go well.” –Larry Crabb in “66 Love Letters”
Until we are miserable… until we are desperate for God…
until we desire Him more than any comfort or answer to prayer, we will never
grasp the correct worldview. As long as we think it's all about us, we will
never get it. It’s not all about us, it is all about Him.
We are here for Him and not vice versa. He is not the great
Santa in the Sky, ready to pour out gifts and blessings to all the good boys
and girls. It just doesn’t work that way. God has a plan and He is working it
out. We can participate in that plan or we can beat our heads against a wall,
shaking our fists at God when things don’t go our way. But for
some of us, it takes a lot of beating our heads and shaking our fists before we
finally get it. Then once we get it, we are still often not happy about it. That's about where I am.
Lord, help me go beyond accepting the fact that I am here
for You and not vice versa. Help me to actually enjoy this arrangement. Help me to fall so hopelessly in love with You that knowing You, spending time with You, and seeing Your plan come to fruition mean more to me than getting my way. Help me to do more than just survive this arrangement, to go further than existing in it. Do a work in my heart... no, create in me a NEW heart... one that loves You above all else. Amen.
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I would love to hear from you! Let me know what you think and how I can pray for you. Most of us are carrying some pretty heavy baggage and the good news is, you don't have to carry it alone! You can lay it at the feet of Jesus, and sometimes we need help just letting go of our baggage and not picking it up again. We're in this together!