I truly am thankful that the God who holds the keys to eternity in His hands, is not like Cinderella's Fairy Godmother. Oh, sure sometimes it would be convenient. But, after all, horse drawn coaches are not the rage anymore. I can live with the reality of my Honda, CRV. I also prefer my pets to listen silently, without an answer for everything-they're bossy enough without speaking my language; and worse than them talking would be having them turn into people. Ack!
Maybe you think God is like Genie in Aladdin. You might not want to admit it, but you believe He really should give you the wishes you have been thinking would be your keys to happiness. Again, no. He is NOT your Genie in a bottle.
Be grateful, because what you think might make you happy now, in ten, twenty or thirty years will most likely look laughable. But, He will change your desires and fulfill them with good things according to His purposes for you (Ephesians 2:8-10).
I had the huge blessing of hearing Christian Author, Elisabeth Elliot speak, in 1998. I saved the notes, as everything she said seemed profound. One of the statements she made that day was this:"If God was small enough to be understood, He would not be BIG enough to be GOD".
So, today I am thanking God for What HE is NOT.
He is not a God that will be contained by a denomination. He is not a Lucky Rabbit's Foot. He is not a God who can be satisfied by vain repetition or empty sacrifice. Which ultimately leads me to the GOD He is, and the God who I am GRATEFUL is better than wands, wishes, fairy tales and genies.
"For this is what the LORD says— he who created the heavens, he is God; he who fashioned and made the earth, he founded it; he did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited— he says: 'I am the LORD, and there is no other... I, the LORD, speak the truth; I declare what is right.' "
(Isaiah 45:18, 19)
Turn to me and be saved, all you ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other. (Isaiah 45:22)
Have you ever considered thanking God for what He isn't?
Dawn blogs daily about faith, trust and pixie dust @Beneath the Surface: Breath of Faith
