It was over.
A major choice had been needed.
The decision had been made for me. It was not what I would have authored. But, I had prayed fervently. I promised God I would walk through any door He would open.
The door I was certain would be bolted shut swung wide open.
I walked through, thoroughly confused.
This was the answer?
Are you sure, God?
Maybe you’ve felt that way too.
I just didn’t understand. But God had an intentional plan.
Oh, walking through that door would challenge me, grow me, and grow my faith.
But I knew my walking through that door was an act of obedience. And He always rewards obedience.
Somehow, unexpectedly, walking through that door also brought me unexplainable joy and peace. My heart resonated with Psalm 9:1, “I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.” (NIV)
While it wasn’t a path I would have authored, I was reaping many benefits and could easily cite several blessings I would not have otherwise known.
Sometimes, in order to clearly see who God is, I need to come to the end of myself. I need to identify my own limitations. Understand my visions are short-sighted. Acknowledge my dreams lack the imagination only God could possibly author.
When life’s turns stump me and I find myself wondering, God, what in the world?
I know from experience, in time, my chaotic confusion will turn to confident confession. “I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart. I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.”
How about you? Can you point a time in your life when you were certain the door opening could not possibly be right, yet in the end it was exactly what you needed to do to grow in your faith?