ACCEPTING WHAT GOD ALLOWS
“Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?“Ecc. 7:13
An unknown writer said, “Often God seems to place His children in positions of profound difficulty, leading them into a wedge from which there is no escape; contriving a situation which no human judgment would have permitted, had it been previously consulted. The very cloud conducts them thither. You may be thus involved at this very hour.
It does seem perplexing and very serious to the last degree, but it is perfectly right. The issue will more than justify Him who has brought you hither. It is a platform for the display of His almighty grace and power.
He will not only deliver you; but in doing so, He will give you a lesson that you will never forget, and to which, in many a psalm and song, in after days, you will revert. You will never be able to thank God enough for having done just as He has.”
Far too often we trouble ourselves by entertaining unrealistic expectations of how life should be. We think things would be better if God made our path more pleasant and our life easier. But, God knows better! He gives us what we need rather than what we want–even when it hurts. But in that great day when all things are made clear we will confess that He has made no mistakes. The fact is, we would want the same thing for ourselves that God wants for us were we as wise as God. Until then we must live by faith.–HDS
David Stone
Lakeway Baptist Church
5801 FM 1960 E
Humble, TX. 77346
