There are so many ways we prepare our field. As a gardener, it’s obvious if I expect food in my garden, then I need to plant seeds, water them and remove the weeds. But what happens when deer come along and eat everything I’ve planted; or we have so much rain right after planting, all the seeds are washed away, or the opposite: we experience no rain and have drought. Or perhaps a violent storm comes through after the crop is nearly ready for harvest and everything is destroyed?
Stuff happens all the time. It’s the way of nature; the way of life. Does this mean we should give up and not try? I believe God expects us to try and trust him for the results! God promises to take care of those who are faithful. Sometimes this comes in surprising ways.
We may lose all our food in our garden, but neighbors, family or strangers will provide what we need—-or those crops we thought sure were lost, will reseed and produce food just a while later than we expected! Or the Lord will provide money or other creative means to see to our needs.
I think we forget that God is creative. Consider all the imagination he used creating this great Universe! If God can figure that out in ways Scientists still find a mystery, then why is it so hard for us to expect God to supply what we need in an unorthodox way?
Sometimes we forget or assume that God doesn’t really care about all our needs and therefore don’t bother to take our problems to him unless they’re the great big ones.—-You know—— a surgery, loss of a job, serious illness, natural disaster or other catastrophic event well out of our hands.
He cares about the ‘small stuff’ too. In fact I’d go so far as to say, he cares about every facet of our lives. And while he knows everything that’s going to happen, he wants communication from us; just the way we want communication from a spouse or a child, friend or neighbor! And I believe he wants us to do our part with the gifts and abilities he’s given us to prepare ‘our field’ while we wait.
And we need to praise him and thank him for what he’s already done, as well as, whatever it is he is going to do. And that doesn’t mean things are going to work out just the way we planned. God uses circumstances to teach, disciple, discipline, witness, and more. It’s in these ‘unsteady’ times we need to be ‘more steady’ with Him!
It’s Fall and the colors that arise from the leaves turning a vibrant red, lemon yellow, pumpkin orange and all colors in between can be startling, and beautiful! Even in my expectation, I’m always surprised and filled with joy at the color!
This same thought process can be applied to our lives. God brings color and other surprises to our lives sometimes when we expect; and sometimes when we don’t. He is in control and knows just what we need and when we need it!
I serve a Creative God! I love God’s surprises. What surprises will you see today?
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