Good questions produce honest answers. And when I heard this question— asked of a
congregation decades ago— the desire to discover my answer became a life-long
pursuit.
What I’ve learned so far:
#1 The
God Who designed us with a free-will, in order that we might love freely,
cannot Himself love from a place of
duty void of free-will. He doesn’t love out of obligation, as if he's stuck having no way out.
#2 He loves you that same way.
#3 God
isn’t a hand-me-down.
#4 Trying
to force-fit someone else’s experiences into my life made an authentic relationship impossible.
“And
I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall
be my people, and I will be their God:
for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.” Jeremiah 24:7KJV
#5 We all have our own jobs. I can't do yours and you can't do mine.
#6 Trying to walk paths designed for others is what produces doubt and uncertainty. Our paths are unique.
Ephesians
2:10 tells us:
“…we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God
hath before ordained that
we should walk in them.”KJV
“But
the anointing which ye have received of Him abideth in you, and ye need
not that any man teach you: but as the
same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no
lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in Him.” 1 John 2:27KJV
These days I find it so much easier to
believe my beliefs and doubt my doubts. It starts by accepting the truth.
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