God created me, so what?

God created me, so what? I believe this title aptly captures the attitude you and I display when we deliberately ignore commands that God has given us. Why did God give commands? The simple answer is that since He created us (my assumption is that is our belief). He must know why, what for and I expect He has come expectations that should be met. Why do you and I ignore these commands? We think we know better, we don’t want to do it His way (rebellion), we have a different way.

God created me

God created you but you know better. I guess it is because we are created in the image of God that we think we know better. We have a mini god complex. We want to be the captains of our ship called life. Thankfully the bible puts to rest this argument by pointing out that what we think we know does not amount to much. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. There you  have it, even when you have your best idea it falls short of God’s wisdom. I think to conquer this tendency we need to practice humility and patience because it sometimes takes a while to figure out what God’s will is in any given situation

So what?

So we established that we believe God created us but we choose to rebel. We rebel in many different ways. 1) We ignore what we know is true. 2) We pretend we don’t know what is being asked of us. 3) We procrastinate, we drag out feet. 4) We tell God no. I know I suffer from all four, my go to defence is feigning ignorance. And this is so subtle I don’t think I am doing it and that is why I need a mirror so I can see myself doing it. To overcome this challenge I need to practice obedience without asking questions the true desire of all parents. Perfect parenting is your child depending on their age doing exactly what you asked in exactly the way you commanded them to.

We know a better way

Jesus is the way and the truth and the life. In Him we find all the answers we need. The more I read the bible the more I realise that I need help in distinguishing what I need from what I want. Because not all of my wants and or desires are from a holy place. This creates conflict between my old man and my new self. Dying to self is not at all pretty. In the instance when I have to choose between my way and God’s way I can truthfully say I empathise with a toddler throwing a tantrum. This year I want to focus on doing things God’s way. I am sure I will fail many times but my prayer is that I will get up every single time and try again. Of course with the help of the Holy Spirit.