Our Place in His Actions

"What are you using your soil for, rolling around in the mud or planting seeds?"

NOTHING IS ever hard for God. Like, He doesn't have to buff up to move a mountain into the sea. If only He'd worked out harder. No, no, He created this entire earth outta nothin'. He hung the stars like they were light fixtures, only no ladder needed. (How many Elohim does it take to change a light bulb? Three. It's a joke, son.) I had the Holy Spirit tell me He will remake the world with a breath, that it will not be an apocalypse. It will be with not even an nth of His power. There is no scale for what He is capable of, for that matter. He is omnipotent, a long word which means with all power, or all powerful.

Why, then, does it seem like He doesn't do enough? Well, what are you using your soil for, rolling around in the mud or planting seeds? What does one have to do with the other? He's given us a place in His actions. He handed us seeds and placed life in them, but if we don't plant them and opt to make mud pies then they will not grow. Think of this, now, as faith. When we believe He will do what He's promised, He does what He's promised. But He does it because we love Him and we trust Him. He loves us, but that is not enough. He's loved many who did not believe in Him, who cursed Him and died without Jesus living inside. What alters us and takes us out of the devil's delusion is our confession that Jesus died for us and rose again. We confess He is Lord and submit our way of doing things, our way of making choices, to learn to become like Him and do what He would do.

Everyone wants a Cinderella carriage, and some people achieve fame and success and buy one under their own efforts. But what we see here is fragile, so much paper mâché blown around by the wind. One day it's ours, the next it's nothing. What God wants to see in us is humility. He gives and gives and gives to those with a right heart. Think of Israel's first three kings —Saul, David, and Solomon. These were the only kings He anointed to rule. He warned Israel what would happen when they begged for a king because He knew the heart of men. His many stories are there in history about governments being overthrown? David had God's heart, we are told. He understood Israel's covenant with God and defeated Goliath. He knew God is merciful. This is why he had no fear when he ate the shewbread meant only for the priest (Mark 2:26). We can say the same of Abraham, David's ancestor. Abraham obeyed God to the point of willingness to sacrifice Isaac because He knew God would raise him from the dead if need be (Hebrews 11:19).

“I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.” (Psalm 13:5, a psalm of David)

How much do we believe in Him? How far are we willing to go to reach the other side, knowing He is who will carry us there? Will we lay our life and solely take up His? Will we become a body of believers who totally resemble their Dad?

He's ready to move the mountain. Easy peasy. He only needs us to believe.

“And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.” (1 Corinthians 2:1-2)

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Suzanne D. Williams, Author
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