God's Will Not Always Easy
"Son of man, with one blow I am about to take away from you the delight of your eyes. Yet do not lament or weep or shed any tears."
-- Ezekiel 24:16
Why do we think that doing God's will is easy? Poor us! We can't imagine anyone blindly following God down a road that is bound to be unhappy. We think it should be easy. Oh, I'm not talking about illnesses and such. I'm talking about stepping out in faith when the next step looks pretty awful.
That's real faith. It's the kind of faith Ezekiel had. Can you imagine what he felt? He'd done God's will. He'd prophesied to the people. He'd been obedient. Then God took away his wife. God told Ezekiel He would and He did. Ezekiel's heart must have broken and, yet, he obeyed God. He did not mourn.
Or think about Hosea. He, too, followed God and did His will. God told Hosea to marry an "adulterous wife" who would have children born of her unfaithfulness. Excuse me? That seems like an impossible thing to endure. But Hosea did what God told him to do and God used that experience to show His people how much He loved them.
It isn't always easy to do what God tells us to do. People don't understand. They question our motives and actions, they think we're a little off and totally misguided. Yet who can say what God has spoken to him except the person who hears God's voice? We all must follow the individual path God has set out for us, regardless of the criticism or temptations.
We like to think that our time, our lives, are so much more difficult than those lives lived in earlier times. I don't think that's the case at all. We all face situations and choices that challenge us. We either go forth in faith or stumble and falter in our own will. Those are our choices.
I choose faith. It's scary sometimes and I don't always agree with God's plan. But I've learned that He does know best. No matter what I know that he'll turn the chaos around me into something good that will showcase His Glory. He is an awesome God! I will follow Him.
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