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Comfort in the Chaos

February 3, 2011

Gen 24:58 – And they called Rebekah and said to her, “Will you go with this man?” She said, “I will go.”

It’s an interesting that has taken place here. God has provided a wife for Isaac, by sending his servant out to find her. This woman, has just agreed to go with a man she just met, to meet a guy she has never met…

And marry him.

Now culturally we don’t understand this, psychologically we think its crazy…but THEOLOGICALLY…

Its beautiful.

Its beautiful because of the simple fact that what has become so clear to this woman….is that GOD IS DOING SOMETHING….

And she wants to be a part of it.

In fact even when her parents want her to stay a few extra days, to delay the abrupt departure of their daughter with a stranger…

She says no.

I want to go.

God is doing something….and I want to be a part of it now.

I find that I can often relate to the mindset that says “God is doing something…and I want to be a part of it….eventually.”

When it works.

When it makes more sense.

When I’ve had some time to analyze the risk/reward ratio.

When I can fit it in.

But to drop everything, and just to go where God is leading…I don’t live there too often.

I like to maintain some semblance of control…some shred of comfort…

But maybe there is comfort in the chaos.

Maybe the anxiety I stir up resisting the change…is actually worse than the joy that is experienced in an unrelenting pursuit of Jesus.

Maybe its time to let go.

Jesus…help me to live recklessly – to give up everything if you call me to…to be completely surrendered to your calling.

If you are doing something…and you’re calling me to be a part of it…help me to say yes…immediately…not on my own terms.

B.

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