Willing To Accept God As He Is

Since God has always loved us and consistently called us to Himself, it makes sense that we can expect God’s grace and love to take us forward in a safe and secure manner.  Why then do we find it difficult to follow His will and put our lives into His care? 

Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you.  For God has said, “I will never fail you.  I will never abandon you.” 1 Peter 5:7, Hebrews 13:5b

Turning our will over to the care of God involves becoming willing to accept God as He is, rather than insisting on creating Him in our image, based on our own limited (and often foolish) ideas. 

We will neverexperience real satisfaction until we shape our lives by what is real.  Only God knows what that looks like for each of us.  The God who created us draws us into what He alone knows is good for us and He warns us away from those things that would be harmful.  God’s thinking is not twisted by wounds and resentments and shame and fear.  His perspective is solely that of love and blessing.  His desire is for us to know Him and the satisfying way of life He provides. 

So we can say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper, so I will have no fear.  What can mere people do to me?”  Hebrews 13:6

Who is this God to whom we should surrender our will and our lives?  We may not fully know Him or how good He is, but if we choose to begin our journey with the little understanding we have, we will discover that His promises are trustworthy, and He is even better than we could hope for or imagine.

Surely your goodness and unfailing love will pursue me all the days of my life, and I will live in the house of the Lord forever. Psalm 23:6

Heavenly Father, We are so wrapped up in our own perspective of how our life should look.  Forgive us for trying to force You into our defective picture of how things should be.  Please fill us once again today with Your Holy Spirit who has promised to guide us into all truth.   

Help us to trust You when You promise to do in us even more than we could even ask for or imagine. And although our hearts may quake a bit when we pray it, we do pray, “Not my will but Yours be done in my life today.”  Amen

God takes us as we are.  Maybe it’s time we did the same with Him in return.  Let’s give it a shot today, shall we?