A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows,
is God in his holy dwelling. God sets the lonely in
families, he leads forth the prisoners with singing;
but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.
Psalm 68:5-6
God provides what we lack. To the fatherless, He is our
Father. To the husbandless, He is the spouse. For the lonely, He provides
community. For the prisoners, He sets their hearts free. But, the rebellious,
the disobedient, the self-willed, the
God-has-abandoned-me-so-I’ll-just-do-it-myself crowd, they end up in an
unpleasant place.
I was single until I was 35 years old. Now, while there were
great days when I knew that I could do whatever I wanted and nobody would care.
There were also sad days when I knew nobody would care about whatever I did.
I’d blow up the black balloons and drown my sorrows in gallons of Haagen-Dazs
and episodes of LA Law.
Now before you started feeling sorry for me (or ridiculing
me), here’s the deal: my situation was my choice. There were people all around
me. And, of course, there was God who loved me.
God wants to give us what we need to live our lives for Him.
God has great plans for us. “For I know the plans I have for you,"
declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to
give you hope and a future.” (Jeremiah 29:11). He has the desire and ability to
lead us into satisfying, relationally-rich lives, if we are willing.
As my friend, Al Cleveland says, “It seems all I can control
is the amount of resistance I offer against his leading. He seems quite
determined to save me from myself.”
How much resistance are you putting up today? What do you
need today? How can you step out of the way and let God provide?
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