Depend On It!

Isn't it strange the things we wish for?  Most parents long for when their children can feed themselves, dress themselves, drive themselves, support themselves.  Before long, they do these things and we're back to wishing they weren't so ... independent!

God does not desire our independence -- He desires our dependence ... on Him.  Tom Blackaby writes, "The Christian life is not one of growing independence; it is one of growing dependence. Christian maturity is measured not by how much we can do for ourselves, but by just how dependent we are on God every day."  As I read and re-read those words, I was amazed at how backward we live our lives.  We live as if God is raising us, maturing us so we can go it on our own.  How frustrated we become when we fail then realize we can't manage without God, thus determine we're not as spiritually mature as we thought.  God's Truth is: there is no arrival -- life is a journey WITH Christ, not APART FROM HIM.  God longs to do it all: discipline the children, manage the checkbook, juggle appointments, plan the menus, coach the ball team, listen to a hurting friend, bake the cookies ... and He'll use us to do it.  It's is not about what and how much we can do -- it's about what and how much HE CAN DO through us.  God says, "I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving-kindness." (Jeremiah 31:3)  The best move we can make is acknowledge His love, stop being so independent, and depend on Him.  He is our All in All -- depend on it!