His Voice, Our Choice page 3
A good pilot does what it takes to get his passengers home….
(Page 4) So does God. Here is a key question: How far do you want God to go in getting your attention? If God has to choose between your eternal safety and your earthly comfort, which do you hope He chooses?…
What if He moved you to another land? (As He did Abraham.) What if He called you out of retirement? (Remember Moses?) How about the voice of an angel or the bowel of a fish? (A la Gideon and Jonah.) How about a promotion like Daniel’s or a demotion like Samson’s?
God does what it takes to get our attention. Isn’t that the message of the Bible? Isn’t that the message of the Bible? The relentless pursuit of God….Peeking under the bed for hiding kids, stirring the bushes for lost sheep….
For all its peculiarities and unevenness, the Bible has a simple story. God made man. Man rejected God. God won’t give up until He wins him back….
God is as creative as He is relentless. The same hand that sent manna to Israel sent Uzzah to his death. The same hand that set the children free from Israel also sent them captive to Babylon. Both kind and stern. Tender and tough. Faithfully firm. Patiently urgent. Eagerly tolerant. Softly shouting. Gently thundering.
Gentle thunder.
That’s how John saw Jesus. John’s Gospel has two themes: the voice of God and the choice of man. And since this book is based on John, you’ll see the same tandem: His voice. Our choice.
Jesus said, “I am the bread that gives life. I am the light of the world. I am the resurrection and the life. I am the light of the world. I am the door. I am the way, the truth, and the life. I will come back and take you with me.”
…God will whisper. He will shout. He will touch and tug. He will take away our burdens; He’ll even take away our blessings. If there are a thousand steps between us and Him, He will take all but one. But He will leave the final one for us. The choice is ours.
Please understand. His goal is not to make you happy. His goal is to make you His. His goal is not to get you want you want; it is to get you what you need…. Earthly discomfort is a glad swap for heavenly peace. Jesus said, “In this world you will have trouble, but be brave! I have defeated the world” (John 16:33).
How could He speak with such authority? What gave Him the right to take command? Simple. He, like the pilot, knows what we don’t, and He can see what we can’t.
What did the pilot know? He knew how to fly the plane.
What did the pilot see? Storm clouds ahead.
What does God know? He knows how to navigate history.
What does God see? I think you get the message.
God wants to get you home safely.
Just think of Him as your pilot. Think of yourself as his passenger. Consider this book as in-flight reading….
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