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Written by Bruce
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Jun 13, 2008 at 05:42 PM |
Alex, my grandson, had his first overnight stay at Pap-pap's and Meemaw's the other day. It was a great time. On the afternoon of the first day, Pam and I needed to get some groceries and we took Alex with us. As we got out of the car, we told Alex that we needed to hold hands so we could safely to walk across the parking lot. Alex reached up and grabbed my index finger. In the meantime I tried to grasp his hand so I would have better control if something happened. But Alex pulled his hand out of mind and grabbed my finger again. So we walked across the lot with him holding my finger and me thinking that if I needed to catch him if he fell or grab him if I needed to quickly move him, I wouldn't be able to do it very well.
You see, as long as Alex had a hold of my finger he felt secure, and when I had a hold of his hand, he couldn't hold anything on my hand because his hand was too small. He didn't feel secure. But the truth was exactly the opposite. He was actually safer when I was holding him than when he was holding me.
And then I thought about God. I am always safer when He has a hold of me than when I have a hold of Him. Yet, I spend most of my time trying to grasp God, to understand Him, to have Him fit my theology, my life, and my desires. I want to be the one in control of the relationship. You see, when I believe I have a hold of Him, I feel secure. But the truth is I'm not. I don't really have a hold of Him. If I fall, I'll probably automatically let go. And having a hold of Him doesn't allow Him to quickly move me when He needs to do so to get me out of trouble. As uncomfortable and insecure as it may seem, I need to stop trying to get a hold of God, and instead I need to submit and allow God to get a hold of me.
How about you? Are you trying to get a hold of God or are you allowing God to get a hold of you? It something to think about.
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