Day 5. Seeing Life From God’s View
“Life is difficult.” So begins Scott Peck’s classic, The Road Less Traveled. Peck continues, “What makes life difficult is that the process of confronting and solving problems is a painful one…. Yet it is in the whole process of meeting and solving problems that life has meaning.” (page 16)
God had it figured out from the beginning. Remember Adam and Eve? Abraham and Isaac? (We win some, lose some.) Problem solving builds character (Romans 5.4) and even more strengthens our faith preparing us for the greatest of all rewards (In this you rejoice, even if now for a little while you have had to suffer various trials, so that the genuineness of your faith—being more precious than gold that, though perishable, is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. (1 Peter 1:6-7)).
Life is a series of choices. If we place ourselves in the presence of grace (through Scripture, prayer, meditation, conferencing, etc.) we will more likely choose rightly. But here’s the good news: Even if we chose incorrectly, God will meet us on that path to gather us in. That is indeed grace! Our purpose is to pursue His path.
Grace and peace,
Rick
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