Thoughts from Pastor Paul

I am increasingly convinced that most of us do not really want God’s favor unless we specifically ask for it.  In other words, we want God only when we want God or need God.  We would like God to be at our beck and call.  We surely do not want to be at God’s beck and call.
The Virgin Mary is greatly troubled when an angel tells her that she is “highly favored” (Luke 1:28).  This is before she hears the message of the virgin birth!  She is “troubled” by being highly favored, by the fact that “God is with” her.  Most of us are.  We want to favor God when and if we so choose.  We will (or will not) be with God on our timetable.  But God favoring us before and irregardless of our choice in the matter seems inappropriately pushy of God.  Doesn’t he know that we have lives of our own?
The truth of scripture is that God is pushy, jealous even!  Are you ready to submit to his jealous push?

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