Needs Unknown - May 20, 2010

Good Thursday morning! Cloudy, cool, and a bit rainy once more; we have enjoyed some good rain this year. Ken Davis had a good illustration this morning. He said, "If you have to eat a frog, do it quick, because it will only get bigger while you hold on to it." I may have mussed up the quote a bit, but that is as close as I can remember right now. Often, the devotionals I read and listen to will trigger a subject for my own writing. A frog for example, was not the main point of Ken's piece this morning, but the subject makes me wonder.

At no point in its development does a frog look like the next stage in a frog's life cycle. An egg doesn't look like a tadpole, but it does grow into one, and the tadpole doesn't scream out "frog" when you look at it. However, God created the frog to develop just as it does from egg to tadpole to frog. The question this morning is: how would a tadpole know to pray for long jumping legs?

At some point in our development in Christ, we are not going to know what to ask for in the the next stage of life. Perhaps the next stage in your Christian journey is to be the church organist and you have never touched a set of organ or piano keys in your life. You don't know to pray for an organ teacher to come into your life or even that an organ will make it into your home for practice and training. Yet if God's will is that you become the church organist, these needs will be met even without your prayer. The need is completely unknown to you, but the Holy Spirit has already made intercession for you with God.

We see the future as a blind corner. We can make some guesses about what is around the next bend based on our current situation, but we have no idea what surprise may await. When we think of God's view from above, we tend to think that He sees everything from His lofty viewpoint alone. Actually, God not only sees from on high, but from His viewpoint as the Creator of all things and from His complete knowledge of...well, everything! You might just wake up tomorrow, walk around that blind corner, and trip over an organ bench.

Enjoy your journey to the mountain of Christ!

Bucky