Alright, I’m going to attempt to express both the great
intimacy and strong resistance that I have been feeling in this past week at
discovering new facets to the greatness of our God:
While thinking of this sermon for a couple of days, I’ve
been trying to understand why I have had conflicting reactions to the one truth
that Jesus
is near. Here’s what I’ve come up with.
I want to have a monopoly on Truth. I want to have all the
answers. And when I realize that I DO NOT have all the answers to so many
questions, I am afraid; my spirit realizes that it is not up to the task. ‘What
is this unknown? I thought I had it all figured out!’ This is the resistance.
But simultaneously there is a call to great intimacy. He
prompts me to come to Him with my questions, to trust the foundation He has
created for me. I am elated at this reminder of who I know God to be.
My God is Good, He is Joy and Light and Truth. He is Peace.
This floods over me in the moments when my spirit rebels
against submission to His name. I find that I was fearful because I wasn’t
trusting these things that I know to be true of my God. This peace that surpasses
all understanding comes only from my God and is presented to still a restless
and wandering soul.
I am embarrassed when I realize that I have doubted or
forgotten that God is Truth and Righteousness, Purity, Loveliness, Goodness,
Excellence and Worthiness Himself. But when I am reassured of these things, I
am emboldened to explore, discover and jump into life and the Life! He calls me
to embrace the unknown things of this world because He is near. Although I may
find new things that I don’t understand, He is near.
Jesus calls us to these places all the time over the summer
and he shows us the questions of his children at Wednesday/Thursday night program.
My prayer is that the Spirit of God would guide our spirits and the spirits of
the campers to see that Jesus is near in all things.
I want to go so many places with these thoughts, but I’ll
end there for now.
Mirm
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