Will He Give Up?

What do you do when the various paths that God has laid out for you seem to blend together?

You have every intention of doing the things that God wants you to do, but there are choices which constantly bombard you....and you are afraid that if you make the wrong one....God will simply give up.

Does God ever throw His hands up and decide that you are a lost cause?

Yes?

No?

I have had the pleasure of meeting many different people in my life and the one constant that always seems to run through all of them is the desire to do good. I have met people in hospitals, prisons, flight decks of airplanes, school grounds, university classrooms, restaurants half-way around the world, church sanctuaries...and that is just the beginning of the list. In each circumstance it is evident that being human gives us the ability to do good and to try and better our lives each day. The trick is that some of us are really good at it and others seem to struggle mightily just to get through each day without hurting someone else. It is this diverse mix of humanity that makes up the world that God watches over and which He cares for.

Within this group resides those people who are scared that if they get out of the line that they view God has put them in......then God will get them. This is usually because of some type of tragedy that has befallen that individual in the past. They went through hell and then found God in the process, thus turning their lives over to God and promising to follow the path laid out for them. Their lives continue and they quickly learn that trying to figure out what God has in store for you is quite difficult. The choices which can be made are numerous and they try to pick through the various options and pick the one that God wants them to choose. These people are very picky for they feel that their lives hang in the balance.....make the wrong choice and tragedy may strike again. God knows how to keep them in line and the thought of going through hell again is just to frightening.

This is a rough way to go through life and the paralyzing fear can wreak havoc on the lives of those hanging onto the notion of not wanting to choose the wrong path.

I don't believe that God is out to get us. I don't believe that God sits up on His throne with His finger on the red button of tragedy, ready to push it if we take a path that doesn't coincide with His plan. I sincerely believe that all God truly wants is to go with us while we travel on our roads of life. God doesn't cause tragedy in order to bring us back to Him.....that would be like beating your dog everyday and then opening the door and inviting the animal to come sleep in your bed. No....God wants to be a part of whatever choice we make. He wants to be involved in the conversation, He wants to be included in the dream, He wants His love to have a place at the table of whatever meal we choose to eat.

God does not give up on us............ever.

We may frustrate Him, we may sadden Him, we may do things that cause Him to shake His head in disbelief, but there is nothing that we can do which will cause His hand to be withdrawn from our life. Like any good parent there is an understanding that children are going to make mistakes and even though it may seem as if the mistakes are never ending.......the parent loves their child irregardless.

The great thing about including God in the conversation is that His strong moral stance will drive us to make the appropriate decision. If we listen to the love of God and make sure that we transfer that voice into our everyday view, then how can we go wrong?

Go ahead and make the choice.

Just take God with you.