Selwyn spends one more day on his fouth life conviction: ‘that there is a great deal of mystery in life, and simply accepting this is better than striving to find explanations.’
He uses Psalm 44, verse 23; ‘Awake O Lord! Why do you sleep? Rouse yourself!’ to highlight that sometimes God appears to be not hearing our desperate cries for help. I like the following points made in today’s study: ‘Mystery disrupts our souls and stirs our emotions in such a way that it brings to the surface things that might otherwise not have emerged. … Expressing feelings of hurt to God can either take the form of an unholy diatribe that revels in engaging Him in a fight, or a passionate and earnest cry that reveals the depths of our desperation. … God is sometimes mysterious, but always remember that His heart and purposes are good.’
I know from my own personal experiences that in the times when I was the most confused about the direction I should take – His initial silence in response to my prayers often made me, ‘to stop and be still’; and then I would clearly hear His message. In addition, due to the very difficult circumstances that were occurring at such times – it made it very easy to recall His teaching, whenever doubts arose.
The prayer for today is also good: “O God, may I really learn this lesson: that though I cannot always understand what You are doing, Your purposes for me are always good. Please help me to remember this at all times. Amen.”
‘Wake up, God!’
Selwyn spends one more day on his fouth life conviction: ‘that there is a great deal of mystery in life, and simply accepting this is better than striving to find explanations.’
He uses Psalm 44, verse 23; ‘Awake O Lord! Why do you sleep? Rouse yourself!’ to highlight that sometimes God appears to be not hearing our desperate cries for help. I like the following points made in today’s study: ‘Mystery disrupts our souls and stirs our emotions in such a way that it brings to the surface things that might otherwise not have emerged. … Expressing feelings of hurt to God can either take the form of an unholy diatribe that revels in engaging Him in a fight, or a passionate and earnest cry that reveals the depths of our desperation. … God is sometimes mysterious, but always remember that His heart and purposes are good.’
I know from my own personal experiences that in the times when I was the most confused about the direction I should take – His initial silence in response to my prayers often made me, ‘to stop and be still’; and then I would clearly hear His message. In addition, due to the very difficult circumstances that were occurring at such times – it made it very easy to recall His teaching, whenever doubts arose.
The prayer for today is also good: “O God, may I really learn this lesson: that though I cannot always understand what You are doing, Your purposes for me are always good. Please help me to remember this at all times. Amen.”