As the title would indicate, this posting is the seventh (7th) of a single series. The first part began in April (2014) and can be found via the links on the right hand side of the page. If you are seeing this first, going to part one (1) and working forward from there will likely be helpful.
I see the cogs turning. Countless numbers of them forming a great globe, all turning and working their way into their respective places. Some set already and turning the ones they are adjoined too. Others, moving slowly into their place, turn slowly, tip and roll as they must make allowances for those directly around them, and those around them must turn, tip and move to allow those around them and so on and so on. It is a great globe indeed - the size of the very world - with each and every cog (or gear) having to move where it must move and turn as it must turn into order for all of the others in the globe to move as they must. It is a stunning site, to say the least and I dare say I would not want the job of making sure all of those pieces work correctly together as they move towards the full and final completion.
A final trip back to our story of AJ and the one who loves them so.
We have mentioned previously, that the saved loved one also had things to see and learn through the events which revolved around AJ's ordeal. No doubt, upon seeing their own needs and addressing them, they would surely be tempted to think, "Ok, God, I have this figured out so why are things not fixed yet" - something we ourselves may well have thought before. But this thought is not only one of narrow vision and short sightedness, but a selfish one as well.
You see, there is more than just you involved in things - shocking, eh. The obvious other is AJ themselves who may yet have to fully grasp their own situation and allow themselves to be freed from their bondages (yes, I did say "allow themselves"). But there are surely others connected as well for we are all connected to each other if nothing else. In our tale, Joe would be another to be considered - what does God wish for them and what events must happen for such to take place. They themselves may not be saved but surely God is still concerned for them - after all, He was concerned for Nineveh, a pagan nation, and thus why He sent the prophet Jonah to them. Not too mention you are not the only one who has witnessed AJ's struggles, so each of these people - each of these cogs - must also move as well. We cannot overlook the real possibility that you have actually not gleaned all that you must from the current situation either. So again, we find ourselves coming back to the place of hope and faith in God - trusting that He does know what He is doing, even if we would like to see things moving a bit faster. He is thorough after all. Does this mean we cease to pray, earnestly, for AJ? By no means, for if we truly love them then obviously, we would continue to pray for them even as we seek to listen for God's promptings about ourselves and others involved - our trusting in God does not mean that we suddenly no longer act in love towards others, especially those whom we so desperately care about - if anything it should prompt us to act in love more often and with greater conviction.
There is a verse in Isaiah, chapter 8 which reads "Do not call conspiracy, what people call conspiracy". We would do well to remember that simple line. God, and God alone, is in control. If we seek someone to blame, eventually we must work our way backwards until we reach God Himself and in that, we cannot lay blame for blame implies wrong doing (even if you decide to work backwards to Satan, the question of where he came from again, leads back to God in the end). And if we spend our days and nights blaming, and seeking to blame, others for our problems and the problems we see in others, we surely shall not know much peace or contentment for, as we well know, we have no control over others at all. God does nothing haphazardly or just on a whim - everything He does is with a purpose, even if we cannot fathom what it is or how it all works out in the end.
So what is the moral of our story? Trusting that God knows what He is doing may well be right up there on the list, but surely, there are others as well are there not. Those though, those I shall leave to be discerned and worked out between you and God, for that which He speaks to me may not be what He speaks to you - we are different, after all.
" Whoever has ears, let them hear" ~ Matthew 11:15
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