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“Interrupted by God”

On May 9, 2020 by Dteb With 0 Comments - down to earth believer

“He has the right to interrupt your life. He is Lord. When you accepted Him as Lord, you gave Him the right to help Himself to your life anytime He wants.” (Henry Blackaby)

The above us a quote in a fine little book that our church is using for a Bible study. That quote was a burning bush for me. “I must turn aside and see why this saying is blazing, but not consumed,” I said to myself.

But here is the problem: I don’t like being interrupted. Oh, I am perfectly willing to interrupt myself. I do it all the time, blaming it on attention deficit disorder. But to allow someone else to interrupt?? No, I can’t have that!

And yet, when I stop to think about it, being interrupted by God could be a very good thing. God might be interrupting something really stupid and wrong that I was about to say or do. Or God might be interrupting something not quite so good, in order to direct me to something that is better.

In any case, God is God and I am not. I forget this quite often. Why? Because I want to forget, that’s why!

Classic Christian theology holds that God interrupted His own self, in order to come on a rescue mission to this planet. Jesus was God’s interruption of God’s own self. The cross was the most radical aspect of this interruption, besides the resurrection.

If God could interrupt himself, perhaps I could be a little more understanding of his interruptions of me.

Help yourself to me, Lord!

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