The maternal instinct longs to save from pain... longs to wake him up... remove all distractions... modes of escape... offer teaching... instruction... guidelines... boundary lines...
But he will not receive...
This morning... in my quiet... with Him... reflecting on a painful conversation... considering... Should I remove that from him...? take it away...? ...His thoughts... interrupt mine...
...he must find it empty...
This struggling loved one... must come to the end of himself... and all that he runs to... and find... it... empty... lacking...
Only when all else fails... do we run to Him...
No matter how welcoming... inviting... approachable... He might be... we don't run... turn to Him... until we find... all... else... lacking...
How painful to watch... when you are one who knows...
But each Believer... on this road of sanctification... must walk it alone... with Him watching... waiting... for that moment... of... surrender...
A pain-full process to watch... coming to the end of a self... a life... regressing... going deeper... deeper... into the dark...
A path allowed... by Him... that we might know... nothing but Him...
"I am the vine; you are the branches.
Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit,
for apart from me you can do nothing. ..."
John 15:5
ESV
Oh... that the one struggling... would come quickly to the end... find all sorely lacking... and run... full tilt... to Him...
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