"At the same time spake the Lord by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot." Isaiah 20:2
It is a safe bet that 9.99 times out of 10 our expectations for the movements of God fall into some sort of preconceived notions of our own, so that 9.99 times out of 10 we are surprised out of our wits. A child of God never is to be surprised because he or she is never to expect anything except that God will do as He wills, and what He wills is good. They go about their business and run into God as He comes into their lives.
It is our business as the regenerate of the world to understand that "mysterious" ways means unexpected ways. I'm sure walking about naked offended some one's aesthetics and conservatism. I'm sure proclaiming judgment on another nation offended some one's feelings and liberalism. The point is that God is on His own side: we either get with it or get run over by it, and those are the only two choices we have. To get with it means life; to get run over by it means death, but it's your choice.
Life is much more amazing when you let your freewill be consumed into God's will. That is the only way to live. His ways are His own. May we follow them ever to His love.
It is a safe bet that 9.99 times out of 10 our expectations for the movements of God fall into some sort of preconceived notions of our own, so that 9.99 times out of 10 we are surprised out of our wits. A child of God never is to be surprised because he or she is never to expect anything except that God will do as He wills, and what He wills is good. They go about their business and run into God as He comes into their lives.
It is our business as the regenerate of the world to understand that "mysterious" ways means unexpected ways. I'm sure walking about naked offended some one's aesthetics and conservatism. I'm sure proclaiming judgment on another nation offended some one's feelings and liberalism. The point is that God is on His own side: we either get with it or get run over by it, and those are the only two choices we have. To get with it means life; to get run over by it means death, but it's your choice.
Life is much more amazing when you let your freewill be consumed into God's will. That is the only way to live. His ways are His own. May we follow them ever to His love.
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