Out of the Box

"The heavens and their own heavens cannot contain You! How much less this house that I have built." - 2nd Chronicles 6:18

My father always tells people that God is not a feeling. People tell him, "but if I don't feel like going to church, I shouldn't go," or, "but I just don't feel like praying." In these things, we try to conform God into the areas we want Him to be. It's like we put Him in a box on a shelf; when we want something or need something, we pull Him out, but most of the time our relationship with Him is kept separate from the rest of our lives, collecting dust. I was thinking about this today on the train and it got me so upset! Who do we think we are that we feel we have the right to have God fit into our lives the way we want Him to?! In this verse in 2nd Chronicles, it says that not even the heavens' heavens can contain God, so how dare we try to define Him, tell Him what to do and how we want it done? If the heavens cannot contain Him, much less my little mind that has no idea about what's even good for me!

Here's the deal, we need to take God out of the box. He should be in control, not us. God shouldn't have to bend for us, we need to stretch for Him and allow for Him to do what's best for our lives. And don't think, "well, this just isn't for me" because there you go putting God in a box again! If that small box is all the space you give Him, then small things is what you'll see! He cannot be defined and you cannot tell someone who created the entire universe what to do in the little itty bit of time you have here on earth. He is so much bigger than our minds could ever comprehend. Once you tell God you agree to stretch for Him and let Him define who you are, I guarantee your life will change because you will finally have the right perspective.

Today's Prayer:
Lord, I have such a small mind and cannot possibly comprehend even a little bit of Your works and Your wonders. Forgive me for believing myself wise or smart enough to tell You what to do for me. Open my mind and help me to know that You're the one that should define me, not me try to define You. In Your Name we pray, amen.