Scripture
Acts 1:23-26 - They nominated two: Joseph Barsabbas, nicknamed Justus, and Matthias. Then they prayed, "You, O God, know every one of us inside and out. Make plain which of these two men you choose to take the place in this ministry and leadership that Judas threw away in order to go his own way." They then drew straws. Matthias won and was counted in with the eleven apostles.
Probably none of us would ever think of drawing straws for something as important as picking a new apostle. We'd pray, then wait for the answer. I mean, surely the Holy Spirit would just speak. Frankly, I'd never think of this solution. My imagination could come up with lots of ways God could answer this prayer (and many others), but this isn't one of them. How many times do we miss the answer because we decide ahead of time how he will answer?
We work so hard to constrain God to whatever box we have built for him. We are desperate to understand the un-understandable. Our mind are too small though, and we end up shrinking Him to size and then wonder where the power has gone.
Our God will not be tamed.
Amen.
Father, make my mind bigger, that I might better understand how you work. Forgive me for shrinking you to the size of my imagination. May I never be satisfied with the smallness that my imagination limits you to. I want to witness the power and majesty of you moving in ways I could never understand.
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