BLIND TRUST

"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord."

  Isaiah 55:8

I have lost count the number of times I have delayed taking a step because I was waiting for the instructions given to me to make sense. It is actually hilarious, the quick switch from the desperate cry of Lord I want to hear from you, tell me what to do! To, Lord, but this does not make sense!

There have been times when I have sat down, replaying certain events in my life and thinking, but God, wouldn't it have been easier and better to have done it this way or that way or even yet another way. Why did you choose this way?

I guess Isaiah 55:8 answers my question.

This then means that to follow Him, I have to accept His way. I have to be okay with His way.

The other day I asked my friend to make stew, and as she made it, I couldn't stop hovering and chipping in. Please mix two kinds of peppers. Please only use fresh tomatoes and let them fry longer, etc. On and on I went until she half yelled at me. Vera, if you want me to make this stew, you have to step aside and let me do it! My way! 

Several times, God has said similar words to me. In a much loving tone than my friends but it was basically the same message.

Vera dear, if you want me to lead you, you have to take your hands off the steering wheel.
My love, if you want me to lead you, you have to first trust me. Trust my way. Accept my way. 

I think of God leading the Israelites through the red sea instead of through the land of the Philistines. It probably did not make sense to the Israelites why they were being led through the farther route, but to God, it was the best route (Exodus 13:17-18).

When Jesus told Simon in Luke 5:4 to go back into the deep and throw down his nets for a catch, Simon interjected; I have done that all night, he said. BUT because he chose to obey, he saw a different result at Jesus' command.

I also think of God giving Abraham a son after many years and asking Him to sacrifice that same son a few years later (Genesis 22:2). That did not make any apparent sense, but God had his reasons. Abraham did not question God, he did not delay in taking action.

I want to be like Abraham. To be obedient to God's leading, to God's command, even when it doesn't make sense. I have seen enough in my life, and in the word that proves God's way is the best. His way doesn't have to align with mine, and his thinking doesn't have to be familiar to me. For what He knows, I do not know, and what He sees I cannot see. I only have to trust and obey.

Like Mary said to the servants at the wedding in Cana, "Whatever He [Jesus] says to you, do it."

I guess that is the conclusion. It may not come easy, but even if you have to shake your head all the way to the well, wondering, why do we need waters in the pot when we actually need wine?
Fill the pots! Do as He said. You will not regret it.