Prodigal:  Help,  I am not sure what to do this is all a mess!

Me:  I think it’s best if you skin your own rabbit.

Prodigal:  Your probably right.

 

This is from the book Becoming More Than a Good Bible Study Girl by Lysa Terkeurst

 

I remember hearing my Bible friends talking freely about hearing from God and seeing Him in remarkable ways.  I called them my Bible friends while my eyes rolled and my voice mocked their enthusiasm.  I remember thinking they really did overspiritualize life and take this God thing a little too seriously.

Shortly thereafter, I was standing in the canned goods aisle at the grocery store.  There must have been a special on green beans, as the cans were all out of order.  Some were lying on their sides; others were twisted this way and that, French-cut string beans mixed in with the regular cuts.  It was messy and chaotic.  I stood there and willed God to do something miraculous with these cans, to send me a message through them.  Nothing came.  So I left the store mad, frustrated, and convinced God doesn’t speak to regular people like me.

Looking back now, I realize I wasn’t truly looking to experience God.  I was looking to make God act on my command.  That day in the green bean aisle, I was looking for cheap magic tricks that wowed me, not divine experiences that would change me.  God isn’t in the business of creating change to impress people; He is in the business of impressing on people their need to be changed.  There’s a big difference.

 

 

Acts 16:31

And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”

 

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org