We would not like to climb these annoying rocks any more than we want to climb the rocks of life. We hate when our life goes down hill, goes "rocky," slanted, because we seem to have a hard time of controlling our life. But whoa, there's the first problem. It's not our life. It's ultimately Gods. There's a verse in the bible where it says that when we give our life to God we die to ourselves and he lives in us.
The next thing we know life, like rocks on a cliff, seems to be tumbling downward, and gravity has full reign.
Then what? The next problem: we blame God. We blame God for doing ___ to us. Why would he allow bad things like this to happen? Doesn't he love you? We like to play the blame game--where its never our fault. The funny thing is, you know you're not perfect. And yet, you never can convince yourself that maybe just once an action of yours caused it.
It's on auto for our brains to automatically blame God. But you know what? God doesn't do any of it to you. Satan does. Then you ask why does he allow it then? Because, in this world, just like the bible says, God uses everything to bring out the good in the bad. He uses it to make u stronger, so that there is only room for victory. But first, you have to allow him to. With God, God always wins, the problem is with us. We lose faith that he'll pull through, because it seems that he's failed you, every other time. Well, did you notice a pattern? Every time it seemed that He failed you, you quite, left him hanging, in the middle of it all. God doesn't finish something alone that he wanted to use you in, because you were his perfect choice. He wants you part of it because he wants to show you the good thing coming out, so when its all said and done, you can step back in awe, instead of disappointment.
God doesn't disappoint us. We just aren't patient enough to see it. Why? Because in your weakness, you let Satan control you. So, in all, it was never you who had control, it was Satan, and he leads you on to believe it, giving you this sort of "freedom" until everything comes crashing, and you realize you just sold yourself short of what you deserve. That's the thing, we don't deserve to be saved by God, we don't deserve, to call him Father or Lord, yet it's because we are His. We are the Almighty's. The Almighty loves us.
So as you fight that rock in the hard place, when you hit bottom, maybe in your hole of misery, where your trapped, you should just stop and be quiet for a moment, and analyze everything from the first spot Satan took the lead on you. I almost wrote, you taking the lead, but I caught myself. It's not technically us, its Satan, and even I'm learning to get out of that human way of thinking, and into God's.
Anyway, once you stop and take a real good look at that rock, you'll learn that it's God. You'll learn to stop fighting your loving creator that you failed. If anything, your the one who deserves to be left, yet he doesn't want to leave you. Why? Because he knows you too well. He knows that your born sinful, you didn't choose it, and there is still much hope!
God waits for us to choose him, to run back to him, to let Him be your solid rock on which you stand. Your faithful foundation in which you need to build your life. Over time, once you give it a chance to prove it's loyalty to you, even in the storm, you will start to see a new pattern. One where God is always there for you, and that you don't want to leave because you know the genuinity of it. Why does he allow you to freely choose him? Well, wouldn't you not like him even more if he didn't? Exactly. He loves you so much he gives you the choice, and because He knows you better than yourself, or had a plan for you before you existed, ...I think that pretty says it all itself of how much he wants you to grow in a relationship with him. He's willing to something like that, just to capture your heart. Will you let him?
When the rock in the hard place is all you got...take a real good look at it...hidden, you'll see your name...and next to it..his words of wisdom, such as hope and love. Knowing this should make you feel more special, and if anything, really glad that you don't need to fight the rock. Who wants to fight? So turn around, embrace this solid truth, and hang on tight. Don't let this be what hurts you, when he is always there for you no matter what.
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