Forgiveness
Confusion reigns many times as I walk this life in the Lord's vineyard--too many times for my liking. I enjoy peace and calmed storms too much for it to be reigning in my life for very long.
Doesn't life get hectic at times, especially when you are trying to do something for the Lord and you get side-tracked? You get tired and do something so out of God's will that He looks at you and says, “Oh my, look at you now.” I'm sure He must sit up there in Heaven and laugh at our futile attempts to fix things on our own. I think that's why He has so much patience and grace to spare.
When I do step away and off the path He calls me to walk, and by the way it is still the straight and narrow that leads to life abundant and free, everything slowly falls apart. It's like a house of small sticks that begins to fall like dominoes. First, my peace goes, then I begin to question whether what I did was right, and then near the end of my awakening to His right way, I realize my fault and run back into His waiting arms of forgiveness.
I never really leave His care and watchfulness over me. Because He is my Father and I am His child, forgiveness is always there. And at the end of this trial of my own making, and restored fellowship, He rewards my return with joyous reunion. Then the reason for the confusion becomes so clear. What Satan meant for my downfall, God always means for my good. Invariably, a soul comes to know the Lord. Or righting of friendships is restored. And somehow God gets the glory for it all.
When I get to Heaven, and can see God's Master Plan for what my life was supposed to be like, I probably will laugh right along with my Lord. How foolish to even think my own way is right. God says in Psalm 14:1 “The fool hath said in his heart there is no God.” And we all know fools are the ones who stomp all over the precious blood spilled for us at Calvary, to pay for all our foolishness called sin, by God's only begotten Son Jesus Christ.
When will we ever learn? I hope for some it won't be after Hell becomes their home for all eternity. Especially since Jesus paid for our forgiveness and our eternal Home in Heaven with Him.