All my desire is before Thee, so wrote missionary Elizabeth Elliott when she hadda give up the one thing that she desired most (to be married to Jim Elliot, which she eventually did, before he got martyred). Though I may not understand why she would desire to be married, the feeling of desiring some object is certainly not an alien concept to humankind.
Ahhh... if only I didn't want it so much! If only I could have it, I would be happy, satisfied and want no more. Yeah, wrong. That'll make it something I want more than God. He gets pushed out of the equation in favour of something lesser. Creation takes precedence over Creator. Back to the cycle of sin regenerated. Ugh.
I wonder why God even bothered. Man is so mah-fan, a definite pain-in- the-neck at most times and deperately in need of being rescued at others. But I guess that's what I will never fully comprehend with my head - His patience, His kindness. His love.
He has silenced me with His love, and all my desires are now before Him.
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