Called
by Cathy Vinson |
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Even when life seems
to be falling apart, God's goodness to us is evident in all the areas He is holding up. To
sense problem areas means we are just not used to things being askew...we're used to
things balancing out and going right.
When we are encountered with a situation that is (a dike) "a negation of what's
right" we are surprised. We argue against it vigorously. It's unjust. If prolonged,
we evaluate, expending much time and energy, until we are convinced that the present just
isn't fair.
We do understand, though, that Jesus suffered unjustly.
"To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example
that you should follow in His steps" (2:21). We must recognize to just follow Him (be
underwriters as if tracing letters for copying for a scholar) we will, at least for a
season be called into that which is "not right." No rationale, no justification,
nothing solid---just unfair.
May it only be short-term. But if we never touch upon the unfair, we will not have touched
on the truest element of His footsteps. We will have bypassed experiencing the track our
closest Friend has walked, and that "for us." It is to our good that we are
called to this course, and at that time to walk in it.
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