Just when I think that I can anticipate what God will do next He throws me another curve ball. I swing for all I'm worth at the point of impact I anticipated and miss it completely. Then there's that embarrassing human corkscrew thing that happens when you fail to hit the ball.
I try again, but this time I pay more attention to how God is handling the ball. I analyze all of His previous pitching patterns. I watch game films to study His style and method. Again, anticipating where the ball will be when I swing I give it everything I've got and end up in a pathetic heap.
For some reason we often go back to what worked last time, but God doesn't do everything like He did it last time. He tells us, “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the LORD. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. (Isaiah 55:8-9)
The only way to get it right is to keep your eyes on what God is doing right now. It is definitely helpful to know how He did it in the past. It doesn't hurt to be familiar with His style. But in the end you have to take each pitch for what it is or you'll miss it.
I sometimes wonder why God changes things up. I mean, wouldn't life be a lot smoother if we could really get good at hitting one pitch? I think that God wants us to keep our eyes on Him and what is coming our way. He wants us to base our life on what He has in store more than what we think we can do.
By the way, that's not me in the photo.
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