When God throws a block
A couple from my community group made a mix CD of Praise and Worship music for everyone this Christmas and I have been listening to ‘I Have To Believe’ by Rita Springer on it a lot. It’s a great song and I love singing it in church at Sojourn. But I’ve been thinking about some of the lyrics that say…
“He said that He can move mountains
And if He can move mountains
He can move my mountain
He can move Your mountain too”
Of course God can move mountains but what if instead of God moving mountains out of your way, God moves one in your path and you can’t get around it? How are we as believers supposed to respond when the providence of God seems to be against what we want to do or are working towards in any of the categories of life? Is it a test of patience and should we wait until the mountain is removed or should we look for another…well, whatever God is blocking you from?
I intended to write I think one should do in this situation but then I realized that sometimes we have to wait and sometimes we have to give up that dream. So there is no formula to go by, all we can do is have confidence in God (Romans 8:28) and the seek out wise counselors he places in our life. In thinking about this it reminded me of a C.S. Lewis quote which says, “We’re not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us, we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.”
Or, could it be that the mountain is “removed” when we conform our want to His will? God’s will always seems like a mountain when we have a different plan.
Comment by Ray — January 2, 2007 @ 11:05 pm
No, I wouldn’t say the mountain is removed when your will or desire changes. There is still something blocking the gaining or succeeding in that particular thing or endeavor whether you want it or not. Just because a parent puts up a gate to keep a child from going up the stairs it makes the child either throw a tantrum that they cannot get up the stairs or they crawl around and find something else to fill their want. The gate is still there. But the question is should the child wait for the parent to remove the gate (or carry them over the gate to get the desired toy upstairs) or should the child just turn around when all effort is futile and seek another toy.
Comment by Michael Pate — January 20, 2007 @ 3:38 pm