The seemingly unreasonable will of God

Psalm 88

There are moments as humans were we have failed God. We have managed to do everything that God doesn’t represent. In times when we have all things, we honour and praise God. But when we are faced with a challenge, we start to backslide. Or rather, when we have nothing we honour and praise God sincerely, but the moment we get blessed, we lose our focus, and we cut ourselves from the vine.

We might not necessarily be the most immoral people around, and we might not have committed murder, but the idea of staying away from everything God represents is not only disastrous, but it is the most hollowing feeling one gets to carry for a long time. We are privileged as Christians to live in this realization that it is either we trust in God no matter the circumstances or we fall into our doom and gloom.

Our life is one puzzle that we could never comprehend. God did not just command our presence, he made us. He took his time to consult and say “let us make a man in our own image”. With everything else, he merely commanded, but with man, he made.

Imagine God on his knees, really moulding the dagga on the ground, designing this glorious creature saying “wow, this has got to be the final and most important creature”

Imagine the love, the passion and even the excitement that God had when he was making the first man. Imagine the pride he had, such that he took his own breath, and breathed life into this clay he had moulded. Imagine God with the brown clay in his hands, sticking on his fingers and getting all dirty, saying this creature is just magnificent. It is a replica of me!

If our human joy, our love, our unity, our happiness, and our trust, as imperfect as it is, compels us to stick with each other at times of pain and happiness, try to think of God at this particular moment, when his mould was shaping up. When he had finished, looked at the mould, washed his hands, stood back awhile and scrutinized his making, went back to fix this and that, stand back again and nodded.

Imagine the perfect love, excitement and passion God had when his hands were now clay-free and he was there and saying “this is it”.

He breathed his breath into this clay, and it came about alive. Imagine the joy!!!

God loves us so much that he allows certain things to happen to us not because he wants to see us cry, but because he wants to see us strong, convicted, convinced and determined.

He does not want to see the pain, but he knows, after birth, we shall all rejoice. We shall shed a tear of joy.

So, do not think God has forsaken you when events look sour, he is there. The pain you are having, he is feeling it too. But sticking to him brings ultimate joy, which earthly pain can not surpass. Trust in the Lord all the time. Jesus died not because he wanted, but because it was God’s will. Let’s allow God’s will to take center stage in our lives.

Lord Jesus, thank you for loving us w=even when we have sinned against you. We are totally grateful at your continued trust in us, giving us assignments even when we feel unworthy. May your name be glorified on earth as it is in heaven. May you continue to challenge us to do those things you request of us, even when they seem unreasonable. Your name be magnified, in Jesus name, Amen.