Don’t want to appear too accusatory… but, is your relationship with the Lord primarily one of you turning to Him when you have a crisis? If so, then you are severely limiting the kind of relationship you can have with Him. Scripture tells us to delight ourselves in the Lord. (Psalms 37) Verses 4-6
“Delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your
heart. Commit your way to the Lord, trust in Him and He will act. He
will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as
the noonday. Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for Him,…”
Delight, desires, commit, trust, will act, your righteousness, your justice, wait patiently… what a wealth we receive in our relationship that goes far beyond mere crisis issues.
I realize we all face crises and that we need to move beyond this point. But too often that is the only basis we seek and what’s offered is so much more. Remember too the verse that tells us that we always provides us a way out of temptation (1 Corinthians 10:13), then how much more will He help us to resolve crises that arise?
Delight. Webster: a high degree of gratification or pleasure; joy, extreme satisfaction. This is what we are to do in our relationship with the Lord. Does this describe yours? If so, then you are mightily blessed. If not… it is available to you. We can delight in our relationship. In my world, this is how I try to focus my thoughts and words. It then tells us that if we do then He will give us the desires of our heart. Do you even know what your desires are? I don’t always. It can never include our desire to have others change. Like you, they have free will to make their choices.
Commit, Trust – He says He will act. But remember that He acts according to His ways (Isaiah 55:8-9) which may or may not coincide with ours. But, when we do commit our ways to Him and Trust in His will then we will be in our best place. If it doesn’t go according to our plan then obviously our plan wasn’t the best.
We can have a rich relationship with the Lord, who does seek this for us. Crisis. Yes. But so much more.
