| Written by Dan Lillpop,
on Friday 03/05/10
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There are some things I simply cannot do – there is a limit to my ability and power – even if I am the daddy. Now, God is different. He can literally do anything, but there are some things which He chooses not to do. How do you handled the lack of response from God to your requests?
When my middle son, Ryan, was a little boy (he's now 27), he had a
little toy pony that somehow got one of its legs broken off. He brought
the broken leg and the pony to me. As I held the two pieces in my
hands, I asked him what he wanted me to do. He said, "Fix it.” I
looked at the two pieces again, and restated my inability to fix his
toy. Ryan looked at me and insisted: “You’re the daddy – fix it!”
Despite my great love for my son and my desire to satisfy all of his
needs, there are some things I simply cannot do – there is a limit to my
ability and power – even if I am the daddy.
My son learned an important lesson that day. There are some things in
life that cannot be fixed or changed - no matter how big our desire is
or how much we pray? A failure to understand that important truth will
lead to much frustration and heartache. We often spend a good deal of
our prayer time asking God to deliver us, when we should be asking for
wisdom to deal effectively with a circumstance or situation that’s not
going away.
Accept what you cannot change. That is not admitting failure or
accepting defeat; it is accepting reality. God has nowhere promised us
life without struggles and disappointments. As a matter of fact, He
seems to suggest that we should expect problems (Cf. James 1:2-8). It
is not that God cannot “fix” all the broken things in our lives, but
that He often chooses not to do so – and it’s for our own good. As
someone has said, “Were it not for the rocks, the brook would lose its
song.”
God allows some things to go “unfixed” because He is interested in
building our characters into the image of Christ, and such a desire
cannot be satisfied without trials. Patience and perseverance are
essential qualities for success – the Big Life, but they can only be
developed in the dark and difficult moments of life. Instead of
expecting God to remove or “fix” the broken things in our life, perhaps
it would be better if we prayed for wisdom to effectively use those
trials to improve our characters and increase our strength. Certainly,
we should take our needs before God’s throne, but we trust Him to do
what is best for us and His plan for our life.
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