Do
you remember the story of the "Three Princes of Serendipity? It is
an old classic about three rulers who set out to find treasure and while they
were looking, found something even better than what they had expected. The word
serendipity means to, “live expecting surprises”. As a child of God that is
exactly what we should be doing; living, expecting God to work on our behalf
far beyond our expectations!
One day, God surprised a young shepherd boy named David, by calling him to be
one of the greatest kings the world has ever known. From a burning bush God
also called a forgiven murderer to lead His people into the Promise Land and
free them from their burdens and bondages that they themselves had gotten into.
As one door shut and other doors slammed, Paul, a man that once struck fear in
the hearts of early Christians, thinking that He was doing God good by killing
the very ones that believed in God's Son, became a humbled, broken Christian
himself, a man of great faith; a vessel that God would use to bring a
non-Jewish world the gospel message for the first time.
Many times we’re the very ones who shut the doors to our own God-given
opportunities that God places in our lives. Life is a strange carousel where
good and bad visits us in equal measure. But it’s us, with our attitudes and
thoughts, who should push the wheel of expectation of what God may want to do
in and through us, that keeps the prayer wheel turning, with optimism and
renewed hope so that in the end, what we desire and pray for may very will
arrive, in God's time. More often than not, it would be better for us to
be like ears of corn in a field and adapt to the coming winds, to be flexible,
light and patient on what God is working on our behalf about. Imagine that you
have a friend that has just undergone a disappointment. You try to help that
person, but they approach what happened, with disappointment, hurt, anger and
resentment. You see at that point they stop believing that God is working on
their behalf as well as others and refuse to love. They stop trusting people
and see themselves as the sole recipient in their situation. This type of
attitude closes doors of what would be blessings. They block themselves from
seeing any break through that God may want to provide them, if only they would
trust Him. God appears not to show up for them because, they no longer have the
faith to see Him in their situations.
All through the ages God keeps showing up in the lives of people. He is showing
in your life and in the life of others even today. He is showing up
unexpectedly and He is changing things! He is still the God of surprise and
says to you and I, "See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you
not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the
wasteland." Isa 43:19 Perhaps you may be saying, "if you only
knew my situation, you'd understand that nothing is ever going to change. Yet,
the scriptures tell us that, "Therefore will the Lord wait, that He may be
gracious unto you..." Isa. 30:18 Oh sweet friend, did you hear that? I
said, the scriptures tell us that, "Therefore will the Lord wait, that He
may be gracious unto you...". He is just waiting to show what He can do
for you! Talk to Him, find out what His plans may be for you. If He doesn't
tell you right away, be still and wait, but trust Him and start looking for His
handprints on your life.
God longs to be good to us, but He does require obedience from us, and if He
tells us to Look, See, Do, then we need to listen and obey! Real life isn’t
defined by our mistakes or failures necessarily. We are what we learn to
overcome and what we allow ourselves to be once we clear the storm clouds away
from the horizon that reflects the promises that God has made to us; if we will
obey and trust Him. When we do this, we will find the happiness that our hearts
are seeking.
Hold
Fast,
-Bren
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