Don't Have to Take It

The Rule: Walk through the first door God opens.

When surfing, in between sets of waves there are boring lulls where the surfer idly floats, looking eagerly to the horizon for the next big wave to roll in. When the first wave in a set comes, surfers scrabble to catch it. Even if the wave is perfectly positioning itself for the surfer to catch, it doesn't mean it is the best wave to catch. The boring lull eggs the surfer into clutching the first opportunity he gets. Unfortunately, often times the waves increase in size after the 1st wave in a set. If a surfer catches the first wave, he subsequently forfeits the greater waves. A true surfer knows the surf break and the pattern of the day's waves and responds accordingly. He must have patience, but also he must catch a wave, not letting the set pass him by all because he waited for the best wave.

Oh how this is true in our lives. Usually after a dry spell, we gravitate to the first sign of God's blessing, but when we jump aboard and walk through the door, we realize something else was just creaking open beside it, something a little better- and then we have regrets. So why does God do this? It almost seems like he is baiting us to fail.

When I look at the waves in the ocean, they move on their own accordance, without the intention of a human ever partnering with it. I believe that, though God is relational with His creations, God moves according to His plan. "Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the LORD's purpose that prevails" (Proverbs 19:21). God is going to move no matter what, and sometimes God's movement enters the territory (the life) of a beleiever, and he brings multiple blessings their way. The blessing is just God moving through like a passing set of waves. God just gives us the oportunity to join Him. He doesn't fashion his whole entire movements based on what is convinent for us.

God is always ebbing in and out of our mortal existence, flowing through souls, and gliding above our heads like a mist over the lives of every individual. It is the soul's choice to join in the edd, the flow and the glide of God.