The Bewildering Call of God

At Men’s Prayer this morning we lifted up a variety of life situations: joblessness, sickness, family troubles. This led us to a discussion of the value of tough times. That it is in these times that we meet God and grow into what He calls us to be. 

God called Jesus Christ to what seemed absolute disaster. And Jesus Christ called His disciples to see Him put to death, leading every one of them to the place where their hearts were broken. His life was an absolute failure from every standpoint except God’s. But what seemed to be failure from man’s standpoint was a triumph from God’s standpoint, because God’s purpose is never the same as man’s purpose.

It’s important as we consider the “difficult” situations we face, to consider how God might be viewing these matters. Is He looking forward to triumph as we learn to trust in Him and to consider ourselves less than we have before? Is He looking to be glorified as He is noted as the only reason we are able to come through the trials? His call to us is bewildering but it is simply to be a completely trusting friend of His. It is a call we can only recognize as we are children of His our nature changed to something resembling His. His purposes to be worked out in our lives

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As we walk out His purposes without question, our faith and trust grows and our need to question His motives and purposes evaporate and blessed peace comes.

Nick