Hi Bro John,
I really enjoyed Rob’s testimony last night about his two choices the doctor gave him about his ear. One was to apply the cancer cream and the second was to have surgery which required being cut on and then recovery time. Rob went with his doctor’s first choice if it were him (the doctor) making the decision.
I know he was talking about a physical thing, but I thought about it in a spiritual way too.
It makes me think this could be how Jesus talks to us sometimes. When he shows us something about ourselves that needs fixing or changing, we have a choice to make. Many times, we can hear godly sermons, songs and testimonies that seem to speak directly to us. If we can take in that godly wisdom and instruction, apply the “healing cream”, we might discover that was all that was needed to take care of the problem. On the other hand, we can just hear what came to us as mere words or maybe think those were words for someone else, do nothing when the help is offered, and then have to be cut on. That kind of spiritual surgery can be tough, even though we realize it’s for our good, and it’s much better to be cut on than cut off.
It reminds me of the song you sang recently, “Let Have His Way With Thee”. The chorus goes like this: “His pow’r can make you what you ought to be; His blood can cleanse your heart and make you free; His love can fill your soul, and you will see, ’twas best for Him to have His way with thee.”
When listening to the words, I usually hear this: “His love can fill your soul and you will see ‘Twas best for Him to have had His way with thee.” Meaning, his way is many times an easier way, but we make it harder when we refuse to take that easier way when it was first offered.
Oh my, how many times have I done that in my life time. It makes me want to tell Jesus all over again how sorry I am that I did not go with his first choice for me.
Hope your day has been a very good one.
Sheila