“You hem me in, behind and before,
and lay your hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me…“
~ Psalm 139:5-6a ~
This is a good thing right? God’s loving Hand surrounding us, protecting us, holding us in…maybe in His wisdom even holding us back?
We don’t like that last part. We stand at the boundary He’s placed in our lives, gazing longingly at our desire…even seeing others who are allowed to have what we want and it’s so UNFAIR!
We want what we want and we want it NOW…like the children we are, pouting, cajoling, and sometimes even throwing ourselves on the floor in a spiritual tantrum because our Father won’t let us have it.
Then worse, we set out on our own to get it for ourselves…stepping across the line in bold defiance, or sneaking across it in secret, as if we can’t be seen.
And often He lets us.
Does our foolishness frustrate Him…anger Him?
Actually, I think it saddens Him…not that we defied Him, but that we don’t trust Him. Because trust is really what it’s all about.
We don’t trust that his hemming us in is truly good and wonderful and even planned to be perfect in our lives…by Someone who totally adores us and actually can’t wait to move the line if it’s best for us…
When the time is exactly right.
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