Placing God In A Box – Sunday Thought For The Day

Have you thought of the boxes we place God in?  I once had a bitter, angry man shrug off my offer to pray with him regarding his health concern.  He had placed God in a box and sealed the lid to same with a sealant comprised of anger.  I’ve had other people tell me that they do not need prayer because at that moment they foolishly believed all was well.  Both examples I’ve cited are examples of placing God in a box, and yes, we can all site countless other examples of this behavior.

You and I should ask God the Holy Spirit to always keep in mind that we’re not omniscient.  Only God is.  We must realize that for those of us who are the born again children of God, when He sees fit not to answer our prayers as we want, it doesn’t mean He doesn’t love us or that He that doesn’t care about us.  It means He is God, and His reasons while not always known to us, are always in our best interest, in accordance with His will and in a way that will bring glory, honor and praise to Him.

READ:

Isaiah 55:8-12 (KJV)

8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord

9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:

11 So shall my word be that goeth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

12 For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the fields shall clap their hand.