Into the Fire

I crave insight. I experience hindsight. I want revelation. I receive understanding. None of it all the time.

Christians know they are not privy to all of God's mysteries, the whys and wherefores of life and its happenings. We must endure sorrow, pain, suffering, sickness, depression, and fear. We celebrate joy, laughter, growth, fun, talents, and gifts.

Prayer occupies a significant part of our lives. Petitioning, plying, proposing myriad hopes, ideas, and dreams to our Lord all keep us busy at His feet. We need. He supplies. He answers. He gives. Sometimes we don't appreciate or like His answers. Sometimes we come close to hating them if the truth be known. We fail to see "the big picture". Through the desperate need, we can't understand why He wishes us to persevere through an unbearable situation or circumstance. Sometimes we endure. Other times we set out upon our own solution. This course usually worsens our problem(s).

If we had the insight to remedy the problem, we could act successfully. But true insight comes from God, and many times we aren't prepared or willing to listen to Him. We need something and we need it now. Or so we think.

Believers and unbelievers alike fail to realize "every good and perfect gift" comes from the Father. Sometimes He allows us to know His mind on a thing, sometimes He lets us in on an answer to a future dilemma. Sometimes He provides an answer we don't want to obey. And sometimes He lets us in on what will take place if only we will be patient and wait for it. Many of us fail at both patience and waiting, become disgruntled, or forget we even asked since the given and hoped for answer comes along much later. When hindsight appears.

Hindsight shows us we shouldn't doubt. Hindsight demonstrates our insights from the Lord proved to be correct. Hindsight reminds us God is on the throne of all life. 

We are not.

Father, thank you for your insights, your revelation knowledge, your hindsight for understanding so much of what we cannot see. Thank you for everything, Lord. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.