It’s true. I think God really does want to rescue each of us from a life that “makes sense.”
I believe that in way more areas than we probably realize, that each of us have a “God box.” They are the extra parameters (intentional or unintentional) that we place around God, as if He needs to move and act the way we say He should move and act.
I’m being a little convicted recently that mine is that God needs to act in a logical way that “makes sense.” You know, with a pattern. The way things always work. And that’s great… in fact, I think that’s the way God has created the world. I believe God has placed patterns and principles into our lives that we can count on. I think God gave us wisdom and common sense, and we need to use both as we live and serve Him.
But I also think that I’m guilty of living in that world way too much. As I’ve been reading and thinking through many of the stories in the Bible, God clearly demonstrates that He has a flair for the miraculous. For the things that don’t “make sense.” He rescues Israel from enemy armies. He tells a 100 year old man to sacrifice his only son and then provides a ram for sacrifice instead. He makes axeheads float and cures people of diseases. He makes the little bit of flour and oil that a widow had last for seemingly forever. He even raises the dead. And all of those don’t even account for the miracles we see performed by Jesus or by the apostles in the early church of Acts.
I’ve come up against a situation in my life right now where the logical, “sensible” thing to do is to panic. To get scared. But yet, I’ve got this sense that God is saying, “Don’t worry. Watch me provide.” I have no idea how. Or where. Or when. Did I mention how? But I have a sense that God has promised to be a provider for me in a big way in this season. Even if that doesn’t always “make sense” to me through the way I see the world.
I always want to live a wise life. I think that’s honoring to God. And I certainly never want to presume on God, holding Him to things that He hasn’t promised. That’s definitely not honoring. But in that, I also want to make sure that I’m creating space; space where God can move and act in the most unexpected (dare I say, miraculous?) of ways. I’d hate to miss out on God doing something amazing in my life all because I was too close-minded to the possibility of Him working in a way that I didn’t expect. Instead, I want to honor God with a life that follows after His wisdom, and a prayer life that demonstrates my continued belief and confidence that if He is willing, God can certainly do something that doesn’t “make sense.”
And I am definitely okay with that.
