“Be still, and know that I am God! I will be honored by every nation. I will be honored throughout the world” Ps.46:10. “My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please” Isa. 46:10.
Heavenly Father, there are days when we—the clay, presume to tell you—the Potter, what to make and market. Or you’re the orchestra leader of the London Philharmonic and we offer commentary on your baton waving and choice of musical scores. Or you’re the creator and curator of Centra Park in New York City, and feel the “need” to remind you it’s time to paint the benches and plant less conifer trees. Abba… you are SO patient, merciful, and kind to us.
Gospel-sanity beckons us, yet again, to be grateful for your “God-ness,” sovereignty, and active rule. You’re not only the A and Z of life, but you also claim F, J, M, Q… and the other 20 letters. You’ve never been perplexed, shocked, late, or informed. You never attempt to do things, you do “all that you please.” That doesn’t make life easy, but it does make it profound. If we have no room for difficult mysteries, we have no room for your perfect love. You are God, not our Uber driver.
Father, you will “make everything beautiful in its time” (Eccl. 3:11), and in time, you will finish making all things new (Rev. 21:5). You will (not might) “be honored throughout the world.” You are God, the Gospel is true, we are yours, and Jesus is coming back. It is enough—more than enough. So Very Amen.