“Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?” Job 38:2
A while back I went to visit my kids and grandkids. Walking into the house, something ZOOMED passed me! Something I did not recognize! The way it moved just seemed strange, and I couldn’t tell how it was powered. All I could ask my Grandson was, “WHAT the heck is THAT!???” Trying to explain it to me wasn’t going well so he got off and said, “try it, Papa!” I did, as a smile IMMEDIATELY spread across my face!
The thing is called a Lil Wiggle and it is a BLAST! This thing seemed to defy everything I understood about movement and motion. By simply turning the steering wheel right and left, the Wiggle moves along on it’s own, taking advantage of SOME kind of physics I don’t really understand. But through gigglin’ and wigglin’ the wheel, I didn’t HAVE to understand! It just WORKED! I was having WAY too much fun!
This Father’s day they brought me a strange shaped box and presented it to me. And you guessed it! I now own my VERY OWN LIL WIGGLE! I’ve moved the carpet out of the way and driven it around and honed my skills around tight turns and corners. I can even do a pretty decent 360! When my neighbor stopped over I showed him. He’s a year older than me so I wasn’t sure how his maturity might hinder any zeal. But after a couple, ‘Nah…that’s ok” I convinced him to give it a try. His smile was ALSO IMMEDIATE!
Another strange thing about this toy is that it says the maximum weight is 50 pounds! My neighbor and I almost weigh 4 times that amount! But it worked just fine for us! When I asked him if HE understood how it worked, he looked and said something that SOUNDED smart. I knew he didn’t know either! But I DID get his PICTURE on it!
OK…this is a stretch! But Is it possible Grace is kind of like a Lil Wiggle? It’s tough enough to handle my guilty weight, capable of making the hard twists and turns I give it, and it is an INCREDIBLY JOYFUL EXPERIENCE every time I use it! And the best part is, I don’t have to understand it to enjoy it!
I have heard FAR too many people complain, saying that God is a meany! That if He WAS loving, good and Almighty, like His book claims, then He wouldn’t, or shouldn’t, allow sorrow, sickness, poverty or death into ANYONE’S life! They fail to see that WE were the ones that messed up the perfect life God gave us… BY CHOICE! We aren’t entitled, nor do we deserve, ANYTHING from God, except death! Then God wiggled!
By HIS choice He supplied me with Grace that I can NEVER explain or understand. But I don’t have to. His love and Grace are meant to be TRIED APPLIED by FAITH. Trying to argue or advise God on a better plan simply takes one out of the strange plan that God has already devised. I’ve tried it and just can’t keep it to myself!!! There’s just too much JOY that comes with simply hopping on and giving it a wiggle.
Are YOU having fun riding God’s Grace?
