God’s Way
I’ve been preaching through the life of Moses the last few weeks, and I’m amazed at how God’s way so often is not our way. He creates solutions for problems and relationships that just aren’t in our frame of reference.
An example would be when the Children of Israel were thirsty and found some water in the desert, but it was bad water – it was polluted or brackish. God’s solution was to throw a block of wood in it, and when Moses did, the water became pure.
And when they were stuck between Pharaoh’s army and the Red Sea, when God stood guard over them with the pillar of fire and all night long and with the cloud by day, I don’t think any of them thought of the solution of stretching out a hand and walking on dry ground through the Red Sea. God again surprises us with different and new ways that we would never think about to solve our problems.
How about manna? When the manna finally came, the Israelites asked, “What is it?” They thought they were getting bread, something they were more familiar with, but God had an entirely different menu for them.
It reminds me that we need to be open to what God wants to do in new and fresh ways. God uses different ideas and different people. I was in a meeting this week where some very creative people were brainstorming on an idea, and I was amazed at how differently people think, but how – when you put them all together – they come up with solutions that I believe are Spirit-led.
I would encourage us to remember that God is God and we’re not. He creates streams in the deserts and makes flat the mountainous places so that we can walk with Him. His ways are not our ways, and His ways will oftentimes surprise us.
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