“As a disciple of Jesus Christ I must learn the discipline of change. My pre-conceived ideas of God’s direction will be upset frequently because I am only God’s servant, not His counselor. When the cross came into view, Jesus did not become frustrated, but said, ‘Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight” (Matthew 11:26, KJV).
Jesus submitted willingly because He knew the intent of the Father. That is the key: to be assured of God’s intent. We may forget the details as long as we accept the Person who is inaugurating the changes. To haggle over details, to fuss over delays, and to sulk when God seemingly changes His tactics is really an unconscious defamation of God’s character.
So often God will tell me, as He did the disciples, “It is not for you to know” (Acts 1:7). The basic difference between a natural and a spiritual man is that the natural man demands to know, while the spiritual man is content to obey. That is why God does not make knowledge the condition of anything. He does not say, “O ye of little knowledge,” but, “O ye of little faith” (Matthew 6:30, KJV, italics added). Knowledge comes either with, or just after, the happening.
So much of our lives is lived in the dark. It is in the “nevertheless after-ward” that we finally understand what God has been up to all the while. Many Christians make themselves ill by trying to fathom God. Peace comes by letting the attitude of Jesus come through: “Yes, Father, for this was your good [will]” (Luke 10:21, NIV). I can adapt to change if only I will adapt to the One who changes. The nub of it is right there, in my relationship with Him. In the hands of a changeless God, I need fear no change.
“Every good thing bestowed and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation, or shifting shadow” (James 1:17).
Daily with the King 