Fitting God in a Box?

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,”
declares the LORD.

Isaiah 55:8

We want God to fit in a box.

All too often we think that God should fix this problem or that catastrophe; that He should make our lives easier or more grand. We want God to solve problems the way we think He should solve problems or even worse we want God to remain closed up in a little box in the corner until we are in need of Him.

We try to filter through our everyday, mundane tasks and determine where we need or want God's input. We assume that He is too busy keeping the world spinning at it's perfect angle to come into our daily activities and if we are honest there are several nooks and crannies in our lives which we would prefer to keep hidden from His view. We want to edit our lives into a perfect Sunday morning version of what we think God's vision of our lives should be.

We try twisting and shaping God into the version of Him that we would be most comfortable with but this version is a myth. God doesn't do our bidding. He is always the same. And, God will never fit in a box.

We may think we are bothering God - or wasting our "good prayers" - when we call God into our daily activities and seek out His will in the mundane, but what we are doing is relying on God for all things. We train ourselves to have a relationship with God which is open and honest about the little things, so that when the big things happen we know God will be there...and we can always trust Him.

By relying on God for the little things, we will no longer be able to shove Him into a box in the corner...

Our minds are finite - or said another way our minds have limits to what they can comprehend - which is one of the reasons God came to earth in the human form of Jesus - to give us a relatable, tangible being with whom we can form a relationship.

God is way bigger than the biggest box, category, shelf, or corner any of us can imagine, and regardless of how hard we try He will not stay where we tell Him. His ways are not our ways...and in case we haven't noticed...He is in charge.

And it is always a good policy to go to the Boss with every question you have.

Scripture

Isaiah 55

Quote of the Day

I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn't need any advice from me. With God in charge, I believe everything will work out for the best in the end. So what is there to worry about.

Henry Ford

Question of the Day

How can you invite God into your everyday activities?