Leviticus is a great book of the bible. I'm learning more everyday through my friendships, my relationships, through really getting more into the word, and through my life experiences that God and His glory doesn't run on our time.
We are sinful to the core, and this includes being selfish. In our culture, we're so used to the idea of getting what we want, when we want it. And this often translates into your spiritual lives at time. At least I feel it does in my case.
Prior to this experience that I've been enduring, I think it was very easy for me to dismiss God somewhat when I didn't need Him. You know, shrink Him down in size so that I could carry Him in my back pocket for insurance. You know, when you put something in your back pocket, it tends to get smashed and destroyed when you sit down, which is what we do for the majority of our days.
But as soon as I was in pain, or upset, or wanting something to go my way...I pulled out my handy-dandy pocket sized Jesus. And He will always be there for us when we call on Him. But it might not always be in the way we want, or at the exact moment that we want. And that's what lots of non-believers try to use as a reason to discourage us in our beliefs. He doesn't answer prayer the way we want. There are problems in the world, why is He allowing that?
Well, people, the reason is that we neglect God when we feel like we don't need Him. And this is when our problems begin. And as soon as they do, then we're desperately seeking after Him.
I just want to encourage you to make Jesus a priority everyday. I know it's not going to happen all of the time, because we're human, and that's our nature. But God doesn't work on our time, in our way, on our terms. But it doesn't mean He isn't in love with us and working everything out in our favor.
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