Good Morning Friends,
“I know, O LORD, that a man’s life is not his
own; it is not for man to direct his steps. Correct me, LORD, but only with
justice -- not in your anger, lest you reduce me to nothing.” (Jeremiah
10:23-24)
This is Jeremiah’s prayer. He’s not asking that
God make his life happy and prosperous and comfortable. He’s not asking that
God make his dreams come true and fulfill all his desires. He’s not asking that
life would go well for him at all. Rather, he’s acknowledging that his life is
not his own, it belongs to God. When we really understand life, we know that we
are God’s to use as He chooses.
God can choose to put us in positions of great
power and great wealth and great influence. He doesn’t do that for our
enjoyment, but to accomplish what He desires to accomplish through us and in
us. Are you allowing God to use you in the way He wants to in the places in
which He has put you?
God can choose to put us in positions of little
power and little wealth and little influence, too. He doesn’t do that to make
us miserable. He does it for the same reason as positions that are opposite --
to accomplish what He desires to accomplish through us and in us. Will you
allow God to use you and mold you through places of pain, as well as places of
pleasure?
Jeremiah also recognized his own ability to
stray from the path the Lord had set for him. He asked for God’s correction. That’s
a brave and trusting request. Are you willing to make that request of the Lord?
You can trust God to correct you with gentleness and justice.
His, by Grace, Steve
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