But when it pleased God . . . —Galatians
1:15
Have you
learned how to leave space for God—to give him a little elbow room to work in
your life? Too often, as we go about making our plans, we forget to leave a
place for God to come in as he chooses. We say that this or that will happen,
but none of our predictions leave room for the element of divine surprise.
Would we
be shocked if God came into our meetings, our prayers, or our preaching in a
way we’d never expected? However well we think we know God, we can never know
exactly what he’ll do. What we can know is that, when it pleases him,
he will break in. This is the great lesson to learn—that at any minute God may
arrive. We tend to overlook this element of surprise, and yet God never works
in any other way.
Keep in
constant, intimate contact with God, so that his surprising power may break
through at any time and any place. Always be in a state of expectancy, and
remember to leave room. Do not look for God to come in any particular way, but
do look for him.
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