Wednesday 2 November 2011

god of the weather. god of our lives?

good afternoon my lovelies!

i am adoring this weather, rain in the morning and sun in the afternoon. i love nature's unpredictable personality and how it constantly surprises us with it's power to manipulate our lives. i realised this when we had made plans for a picnic on the weekend which couldn't happen because it was MEANT to be rainy, however the sun popped out from the clouds and it turned out to be a lovely day. who can know the way of the weather? not me, that's for sure. not even the weather man! it is a constant reminder of god's power and almighty reign over all of us, that he decides when the sun shines and when it doesn't and that we will never be able to. we just have to trust that god can handle the weather.
so, while we're handing the weather over to god because we trust that he can deal with the running of our planet, why can't we had over the tiny, minute details of our lives and trust that he can deal with them too? why do we fuss over boys (or girls), exams, money, friends, grades at school, what people think of you... the list goes on. why do we do it to ourselves? the god of the universe asks for us personally to bring our problems to him and he promises to give us peace. why don't we trust him?
i don"t know about you guys, but when i read about people like moses, david and jesus who have such a comfortable, personal relationship with god, i get jealous. i figure that god must like them more than he likes me, that they were just some outstanding people who were blessed with some extra godliness that i haven't got and probably never will have. even though i know i am wrong, it is way easier to say, 'it's completely out of my hands.' than it is to realise that it is me who is actively choosing not to have that same personal, comfortable relationship with god. hmmph.
but i'm busy. i cannot talk to my father in heaven, read his words, be about his business because i, little olive here on earth, i am busy. busy on facebook. watching the brady bunch. going to yoga. eating. i am too busy to be about my father's business. right?
if you agree with the lines above, i am sorry to say that you do not have your priorities straight. if we are not in constant relationship with god, walking like jesus' did, bringing our troubles to him so that we don't have to fuss on them and we can commit to throwing ourselves into his word and in prayer, we are not living the way we were designed to.
he's the god of the weather, powerful, almighty and strong. he deserves to be a priority. so, is he? i have to do a little reshuffle because i know that i am not living with god as number one. are you?

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