Great is our Lord, and abundant in power and his understanding is beyond measure.
Psalm 147:5
Let us never loose sight of our Father as God Almighty and Sovereign in all His ways. With Him all things are possible. He is the Lord, the God of all flesh. Our walk with him is one of continual adjustment and alignment. Asking and seeking; processing, are all necessary parts of our discovery of him. All of this adjustment and discovery takes place through our life’s daily affairs. Let us always remember our Father is patient with us in the process. He is long-suffering.
It helps to remember that in all things God is working with his creation, as the potter works the clay. There is nothing that transpires in our life that God does not hold wisdom and understanding for us. It’s simply unveiled through the process of life, revelation comes from the asking and seeking; the discovery.
Job assigned fault to God in what he considered were his unjustified circumstances until his great revelation, then he fell into agreement with God.
Job 42:2. “I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted
There is a proverb that says “there are many plans in the heart of a man but it is the counsel of the lord that stands.” Proverbs 19:21. When we plan our own way without his counsel and it doesn’t unfold according to our expectations, this proverbs again tells us our hearts fret (rages) against the Lord, verses 2-3.
James 1:20, AMP: “The resentful deep seated) anger of man does not produce the righteousness God (that standard of behaviour which he requires from us).” That anger or frustration positions us to process our own thoughts and intents, with and through Him, until we completely humble ourselves under His hand. ‘Not my will but yours be done’, is our wrestling until submission reigns and rules.
Certainly in our crisis and pain we want him to remove all conflict and pain. Yet in some matters, that’s not for our best. Even Jesus prayed, in a critical time of pain, “My Father if it be possible, let this cup pass from me.”
Nevertheless, the NEVERTHELESS clause must always be included in our prayer life. Jesus ultimate ability to move forward came through soulful searching, aligning with His Father’s purpose. Our souls being exceedingly sorrowful must also wrestle. The leper meeting Jesus in the Gospels asks, “if you are willing you can make me clean.” This is a good place to start in our conversations with our Father. Someone said “Faith can only begin where the will of God is known.”
We know if we ask anything according to His will he hears us. This necessary alignment is our responsibility. He who comes to God; the coming, the asking, the seeking, are all indications of our faith in Him who can does all things according to His will. This is the process, coming to confidence IN HIM, not ourselves.
The Epistle of James chapter four verses 13-17 holds a strong admonition against the foolish presumption of a believer. We cannot shortcut the process by pushing our way forward.
Come now you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit” - yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead you ought to say, “IF THE LORD WILLS, WE WILL LIVE AND DO THIS OR THAT.” As it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.
We must have the process for the transformation.