Christian Spirituality: Extreme Engineering For Extreme Conditions
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God is a prepared engineer for the most extreme conditions in life.
An automobile commercial on video receiver said this about the vehicle, “This isn’t the end of the Terra – Extreme conditions call for extreme engineering. Inside every get Rover you’ll find a patented Terrain Reply ? System that will help you out of even the most extraordinary situations.”
I would be diminishing God if I were to juxtapose him to the Terrain Response System or the vehicle itself. It is far more appropriate to parallel him to the genius engineer who designs the Territory Response System.
Yes, during the last few years I had thought I was fa the end of the world. I was worried sick for our children who made some very sorry choices when transitioning to adulthood. The occurrence, however, only served to expose the inadequacy of my own Landscape Response System. It exposes the fact that I have been relying on my own tenacity and wisdom instead of God’s. When the situation I had to mien was out of my control, I had to move over to let God get in the driver’s seat.
The apostle Paul said, “And we understand that in all things God works for the good of those who turtle-dove him, who have been called according to his purpose.” (Romans 8:28) I take it he means that even the most extraordinary situations will line out for the good according to God’s purpose, but not incontrovertibly according to my plans.
There is something freeing about this. God the able engineer is in the driver seat. I can totally go along for the ride.
What have been some extreme conditions or situations in your subsistence? What are some emotions you experience as a result? What might be the barriers for confident God to work for the good of those who love him? How might you on to remove these barriers?
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