Years ago when my daughter was much younger ( I am glad she's gotten older and I haven't) we had a little situation where I was going to have to correct her. I had come home from work and her mother had informed me of the "situation." I took her to "the room" ( we all know what that is) and proceeded to work this into a teachable moment. After her acknowledging her wrongdoing, I proceeded to give her two options for her punishment.
Her response is the meat of our bloggie today! She looked at me with her little blue eyes and said "daddy, whichever you think is best." OUCH! Boy that one caught me by surprise. I did finish her lesson that day but not without her response still impacting me 20 plus years later. May it bless you today also...
That little rascal in her most simple terms cast her whole trust on me at that time. Now, as I look back, I know why she did that with me. I was the one with the most tender heart as my precious wife was (and still is ) the discplinarian of the family. She is LAW and I am grace....most times. Our little girl had that figured out and knew that while it may hurt for a bit, healing would come much quicker via the avenue of grace.
Here's my thought for the day..... WHY can we not seem to trust our Great God that way? Why do we have to negotiate? Why question? Why squirm soooooo much? I believe it is really a lack of understanding HIM! We do not understand HIS heart towards us!
Matthew 7:7-11.... is a passage about prayer, asking and receiving from God. In the midst of this powerful passage HE uses a very real illustration regarding a father's response to his son's request. Then in verse 11 HE says.... "If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask HIM!"
This is really about understanding the heart. Christ uses our understanding of the heart of the parent and their love for their child and contrasts it to the heart of God. The term evil here describes our selfish nature to its core. If we with all our imperfect limitations give so freely to our children, how much more so, from our Loving Father, will HE do that which is best for us!!
This is really not about getting as much as it is about trusting in the HEART of GOD! Childlike trust! Will HE truly do, give, supply all that is best for you and I ? All we have to do is look at the cross of Christ. He saw our need and supplied it in full measure! How much more so now that we are HIS children!
In your situation, in your struggle, in your marital problem, financial situation and physical impossibility turn to HIM right now and say....." Daddy, do what ever YOU think is best." Believe me, you'll be glad you did..... ask my daughter!
Blessings,
Bruce
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