If you have ever been waiting on God to answer a much-needed prayer, you know that God’s timing is not always in line with our timing. In fact, most of the time, if you’re like me, you’re probably wondering if He even heard you. We have been so conditioned towards instant gratification in our world that waiting for what we want seems like a foreign concept. We plan, plot, barter, and sometimes scheme to get that thing or person we feel we can’t be happy without.
Our desires fill us with an adrenaline rush and a perfect vision of our lives with the thing we want, but we don’t always consider that what looks good to us isn’t always good for us. With our finite vision, we are unable to see the flaws that lie ahead and because we’re blinded by the glitter of what catches our eye, reasoning sometimes escapes us.
As I was writing this, I thought about a story I once heard a minister tell about how he caught his three-year-old daughter playing with one of his straight edge razor blades. She was attracted to it because it was shiny and different, but as her father, he knew that it was dangerous and could hurt her badly. He calmly approached her and lovingly said, “Let daddy see what you have there.” When she opened her little hand, he gently took the blade from her. She kicked and screamed because she couldn’t see the danger in having the thing she wanted, while her father knew what lurked ahead. She was fixed on what she saw and in her finite wisdom, thought it was fun to play with.
We are often like that three-year-old. God, who is our loving protective Daddy, sees us being attracted to “razor blades” and will often allow roadblocks and glitches to bombard our path, because He knows the road that lies ahead. Since He is all-knowing and all-wise, He sees what we don’t see. The Bible instructs us to “…in all our ways acknowledge Him (God) and He will direct our path.” (Proverbs 3:6)
Oftentimes, the glitches and roadblocks we encounter while trying to get to, do, or have something, is God’s loving hand of protection trying to steer us from heartache or danger we don’t see.
The next time you’re trying to fit a square peg into a round hole, and nothing seems to be going right, step back from it and consult Daddy regarding what He sees ahead. Is this move right for you? Your glitches may turn out to be for your good; and His glory. (Romans 8:28)
Peace and Blessings,
Gail