Wouldn't it be nice if everything was perfect? Wouldn't it be nice if life was stable and constant, and you always knew what was coming and what to expect? We all know that life isn't this way but wouldn't it be nice if it was?
At first glance, this would seem to be true. However, if life was perfect and predictable, we would have no need to develop our relationship with God. If our lives were perfect, we would have no need to rust God with important decisions, because there would never be any uncertainty.
Difficult situations full of uncertainty force us to trust God, and to believe that He really does know best. So when God takes us through trials, we learn that we really can trust God.
Dave Harvey suggests, "God delights to put us in this position because it postures us to depend on Him and to exercise faith towards Him. It's how He rescues us from the misplaced security that is such a consuming distraction in the postmodern world."
God is greater than we are, and He is capable of far more that we will ever be able to accomplish. However, we will never know this is true of God, if we aren't to accomplish. However, we will never know this is true of God, if we aren't allowed to experience it. The world will always try to convince that we do not need God. It offers sources of knowledge, entertainment and pleasure, power and money, and even security. The world offers everything from sex, drugs, money, friends, flat screen TVs, to civil rights groups, animal activists, music, art and theater. Yet the world cannot out match God. God offers something of more value than all the money in the world: grace, and an all-powerful capability to rescue us.
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