Good Thursday morning! We was promised more snow than this; I think we should write to those weatherpersons and complain. :-) Colorado received 28 inches in some places - that's a lot of snow for October. Praise the Lord! We can chose to complain about more or less snow, or any other condition...or we can chose to praise God no matter what happens. Just the same, we can choose to holler and whine about where we are or where we think we should be, or we can praise God for creating us just right.
What Kind of Tree are You?
A friend in Christ once repeated the phrase, "grow where you are planted", to me when I was looking elsewhere for greener pastures. Another phrase that we might work out in our salvation is: grow into the kind of tree that God has created. We know that in nature an acorn grows into an oak, a maple seed grows into a maple tree, and so on. An acorn doesn't try to become an apple tree and the maple doesn't try to become a fir tree. Humans on the other hand often try to grow into something other than what God created them to become. We are told in the Bible that God chose us before the world began. It then makes sense that He also arranged our genes and environment to make us into exactly what He would have us to be in His kingdom.
God planted a seed and He made it grow. You and I are those seeds that God planted. What kind of "tree" we are may not always be easy to figure out. However, constantly praying for change in life might be rebelling against what God has already created and grown. If you spent any time in the corporate world, you will know how much they try to change you. Every manager is under pressure to come up with something that is "wrong" with each employee and set up a plan for improvement. With things like procrastination, tardiness, absence from work, and other undesirable qualities, that is understandable. We know that God didn't plant worry trees or procrastination trees. :-) However, if the powers that be are trying to change something in your basic qualities that is only wrong in the context of where you are, then maybe God is going to transplant you to a different garden.
We sometimes wonder at the sudden changes in our lives. Those changes might just be God moving us from a pot that has grown too small, to a spot in His garden where we can grow again. The transplanting is painful and requires a recovery time, but is better for us in God's great plan. A lot of metaphorical stuff is going on in the devotional today, but the basic message is that God is in control and we can trust in Him. ...and I don't think that I got everything written out that I wanted. Perhaps I didn't let this idea percolate enough before pouring the coffee. I'll work on it. :-)
Enjoy the snow today in God's presence!
Bucky
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