Lately I have been enjoying reading The Sacred Romance (Curtis & Eldredge) as it speaks to my heart. It would seem the writers have the courage to put into print the words we often can think about God.
“Can it possibly get any more uncertain than this? We so long for life to be better than it is. We wish the beauty and love and adventure would stay and that someone strong and kind would show us how to make the Arrows go away. We hope that God will be our hero. Of all the people in the universe, he could stop the Arrows and arrange for just a little more blessing in our lives. He can spin the earth, change the weather, topple governments, obliterate armies and resurrect the dead. Is it too much to ask that he intervene in our story? But he often seems aloof, almost indifferent to our plight, so entirely out of our control. Would it be any worse if there we no God? If he didn’t exist, at least we wouldn’t get our hopes up. We could settle once and for all that we really are alone in the universe and get on with surviving as best we may.This is, in fact, how many professing Christians end up living: as practical agnostics…. Like a lover who’s been wronged, we guard our heart against future disappointment… How can we trust a lover (like God) who is so wild?”
Good question. The fact is God is wild and dangerous. He calls us to follow him sometimes in ways which are uncomfortable for us. Sometimes the ways of God are a mystery yet I believe C.S.Lewis was right when he places his thoughts about God in the mouth of one of his characters in his masterpiece The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. When asked if Aslian (The Lion who depicts Jesus) was safe, the response given was “Safe!!?? Of course his is not safe… But he is good”. Too often we can loss sight of the fact that God is good all the time and despite the ciaos that surrounds us at times God can be trusted.How are you travelling in the trust department with your Creator?
Filed under: Theology, expectations
