From Confusion to Double

And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.Philippians 4.7

In our spiritual lives we often find ourselves in situations
that are perplexing to say the least.
There is that within us which tries to understand.
We seek God for answers and very often the answer
comes to us in the form of that "peace that passeth all understanding."

It is God ministering to us and saying in effect,
"I hear you and I have it in control.
Here is my peace that attests to that."
But understanding is not given.

He ministers the answer to the realm of faith
not our fleshly lust to know all the details
of how and when.

Herein the words of our Lord ring most truewhere he proclaims:
"Except ye be converted and become as little children,ye shall not enter
into the kingdom of heaven."
Matthew 18.3

Did you ever notice how little children can accept alot of things
without needing to understand. You can tell a child we're going to get ice cream and he smiles and jumps for joy.
He doesn't start asking questions about how you are going to get there.
He just climbs in the car and trusts you know what you are doing
and that the object of desire will be forthcoming.
All the details: the cost, the time, the way,
are not even in his realm of concern.

There is a painful process wherein we are humbled
and learn not to lean so much on our own understanding.
Much of the pain is in the realm of confusion.
The Psalmist cried:"My confusion is continually before me..." Psalm 44.15

In listening for the Lordand waiting upon the moving of his spirit;
in knowing when we should act and when we should be still;
in discerning the voice of the Lord in the midst of so many other voices;
in such things and others our situation can be very confusing.

In a life where faith has surely brought
some rock solid sureness to our hearts
in so many ways, there also comes some real perplexing questionings.



I'll never forget the word of a Pastor who once said,
"The mountains just keep getting bigger!"
We are over and over again faced with situations that are
greater than we are-beyond our ability to comprehend.
But they are not bigger than our Lord
who would have us ever learn
to look to him and grow in grace and faith.

But herein, in our befuddlement,
in this inevitable by-product of our seeking to live a life led by the spirit,God has a precious promise for us as we continue in this way:
For confusion... they shall possess the double.
Isaiah 61.7