Maybe you’re one of those who are still waiting for God to tell you what to do. Maybe you’re one of those who are waiting for God to tell you where to go today, who to talk to – maybe even what to eat. Had you ever considered – is that a handicapped?
I once heard someone say that – beside putting on socks and getting dressed – they checked in with God on every decision in their life. Whether this was literal or not, it made me think: Is this really how God envisioned our lives to look?
I’m drawn to Genesis, the beginning of… us. God’s call to us – during our perfection – wasn’t one of “play it safe” or “keep close to me at all costs”. (Have we bought into the lie?)
And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field;
— Genesis 2:8, 15, 19, 20
This isn’t the picture of a “lifeless” reliance on God, but rather it’s the picture of permission to … go and live. Adam wasn’t created just so God could then run his life. Instead, Adam was created to enjoy life with God. A full sharing (versus, full control or ruling over):
Truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
— 1 John 1:3b
Do you see the difference?
There are times in our lives where the best thing we can do is be lost without God and then respond by desparately clinging to Him. My own past includes me in that statement.
BUT when you are “created” just like Adam, living new and being transformed, what should your life look like?
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