“The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love.” Psalm 103:8
The other day I went to my grandson, Carson’s t-ball game. Throughout the entire game, whenever he would hit the ball everyone would start screaming for him to run. We were yelling his name, clapping our hands and encouraging him to run fast to the base. Carson decided to skip. The frustration was on everyone’s face except the coach. He would walk over to him and whisper in his ear only to watch Carson skip the next time the bat smacked the ball. The coach never acted mad but only encouraged Carson to try to run. After the game, Carson professed that ‘it was a skipping day.’ Carson didn’t feel comfortable running so he stuck to what he was comfortable doing – skipping. The coach must have worked throughout the week with him, encouraging him and explaining certain truths about t-ball to him. The next week when the ball was struck, Carson ran. Occasionally, he would break his run to a skip but would return to the full run.
God targets the very things for which we struggle. He will not allow us to sit indefinitely on first base in our insecurities. We will be called to face it head on at some point, deal with it and determine the course of our lives from the revelations. God never gives up on our fears, our doubts or our refusals to obey. He watches us with His patience, His love and shares His revelations about truth with each of us according to the individual intimacy we experience with Him.
He encourages us to run but doesn’t judge us when we skip. He lays out His will but doesn’t love us less when we are not ready to accept it. He comforts us when we are scared and doesn’t shame us for our fears.
His motivation is pure love and a desire for us to ‘win the game in life’ and give us the victory…even if it means skipping.
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