The other morning I was sitting on the beach having my quiet
time. I was facing the west while the
sun was coming up behind me. Sand crabs
surrounded me but I noticed this one sand crab nearby working diligently to dig
its hole. At the same time it was cautiously
looking out for predators and watching me.
Every time it came out of the hole it would look at me to see what I
would do, then move the sand in its claw to the pile outside the hole.
Other crabs nearby stopped working all together. They would sit with their eyes poking out of
the hole watching me. Some scurried into
their holes and never came out again the whole hour I sat there. A few crabs came a little close to me to
check me out. As soon as I moved a way
they didn’t like however, they scurried back into their holes. Some were halfway out and some just had their
eyes out.
After awhile the crab closest to me didn’t seem to be
bothered by me anymore. It trusted that
I wouldn’t hurt it and it even let me get close enough to video it working. The ones further away however just kept
watching. They didn’t trust me.
During this encounter with the crabs I realized that this is
like our relationship as humans with God.
When we are close to God we can trust Him because we know His character
and what delights Him. We know He wants
our best and not to harm us. The longer
we are close to Him the less we have to worry because we know what delights Him
and what He is like. We the more time we
spend close to Him, the more we learn about His character and purpose for our
lives. When we know God, we can go about
our business, living out our purpose, bringing glory to Him, because we know He
delights in us when we live out our purpose.
This crab was living out its purpose and I was delighted by
it. The other crabs however I found
boring. Then I thought, does God find me
boring or does He delight in me?
Sometimes I’m like the boring crabs, the ones that don’t
move. Instead of fulfilling my purpose,
I just stand, far away, waiting to see how God moves. If it is a way I don’t like, or a way that
makes me feel uncomfortable, I run back to my partially completed hole to hide. When the uncomfortable situation goes away
I’ll come back out. I can never fully
trust God when I’m far away from Him because I’m too afraid to get close to
Him. When I’m hiding I don’t fulfill my
purpose and that makes God sad.
When I am fulfilling my purpose however, God delights in
me. He probably wants to show me off to
the world just as I am doing with the video I took. He wants to show me off because He wants me
to be an example to others. This is called
a testimony. No matter how scary life
may get, I must continue living out my purpose!
I mustn’t be afraid of my circumstances or people around me because the
purpose of my life is to bring glory to God, in good times and bad, it doesn’t
matter!!! I can trust Him and so I can
keep doing what I was created to do regardless of my situation!
How awesome is that!? I serve a Creator who just wants to be
delighted with me and for me to delight in Him!!
“Then I was beside Him, as a master workman; And I was daily His delight, Rejoicing always before Him, rejoicing in the world, His earth, And having my delight in the sons of men.” ~Proverbs 8:30-31
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