I wonder if unbelievers' inability to accept God doesn't rest in their taking themselves too seriously.
For that matter, I suspect that's the problem with most believers...our inability to rely completely on that God we profess to believe in is rooted in our taking our own idea of God too seriously. We fail to realize that it is that idea that is our God...because it is our idea, we own it, and it makes sense to us.
There it is. It makes sense to us...which, of course, is the same reasoning unbelievers use except that it does not make sense to them.
The reasoning mind is a wondrous thing, and we would be in a world of trouble without it, but detaching...just a tish...from our reliance on it must be in order for us to know still more spiritual growth.
Just as an exercise in willingness, it is interesting, when a fairly minor decision needs to be made, to open our mind for God's input. We don't spin our self into a headache trying to think what the next right thing is, we thank God for making that call. Then we do something else...and we've just begun our training in relying on the Father within as our decision-maker.
Here's the kicker: All it takes is patience. I must admit that very word tries my patience...but there it is.
We must try with a will or fall by the wayside. -- Anonymous
Thank you.
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