Sit Down!     

Battle of Wills     

My brother and I were rolling over with laughter as we watched my niece try to get her 8-month old son to sit down. This little boy locked his legs and would not bend. As much effort as she exerted to get him to sit, he exerted the same amount not to. This power struggle went on for a few minutes. It was absolutely hilarious watching this young baby become totally inflexible as he resisted the instructions and actions of his mother to sit. Finally after several minutes of this battle of wills, she had to just lie him down. Needless to say, he was wailing.

Oftentimes that is what happens to us. We become totally inflexible. Just like that baby locked his legs and refused to bend, we do the same thing. God is trying to get us into a certain position and we fight against Him and lock up spiritually. Although it is all for our good, we want to do it our way.  

In our inflexibility we prohibit God from operating in our best interest and often miss the opportunities God has for us. It becomes a battle of wills where we feel our way is superior to God's. Unfortunately, God will allow us to do what we want to do. This is His permissive will. His permissive will never entails all the blessings of His perfect will. Rooted in the permissive will of God is a tinge of disobedience. For some reason or another, we always feel we have to help God and He does not know what He is doing; and He definitely has no clue as to what is good for us.

Recently I had a conversation with a friend and she stated, "God allowed it." The operative word is "allowed." Allowed is not a word that exemplifies the perfect will of God. It is a word that exemplifies our unbelief and lack of trust in His perfect will. Yes, He will allow you to do the thing that you so desperately want to do, just like my nephew that you fight to do, but He does not have to bless it.

Know that if you insist on doing it your way, you will mess up things. Just ask Sarah. When you strive to do it your way, believe me you will create so much confusion that the backlash can be overwhelming. Just like my nephew he refused to sit and instead ended up lying down, we find ourselves in positions that we never thought we would be in and we wail just like he did.

We cry out to God, "Why me?" Why not you? You made the decision to do it your way. One thing for sure, God is not a bully. He is not going to make you do it.

Think about it, isn't it so much easier to just relinquish your will to God's will. You may not agree with it. You may not understand it. You may not even like it, but one thing for sure it is in God's perfect will where the blessings overflow.

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