Toast

More on Aslan later…

As I wrote about a Lion and his power and his ability to make fantasy a reality. He showed up, albeit in the form of a mustachioed man with a bunch of letters after his name. This very wise man stood up in front of me and prayed a prayer that was true for his life and never more than at that moment did I want it to be true for my life as well:

“LORD, if you don’t intervene right now, we are toast.”

He had lived his life in such a way that all he had was Godly power to shape and push and engulf him. He put it all on the table and there was no security money left in his pockets, there was no insurance plan ready for a rainy day and there was no earthly Ace up his own sleeve. All he had was the knowledge, it was no longer hope — it was a sure thing that God would show up at His ordained moment.

I had been ready to run away from the life God had chosen for me and He showed up.

Sometimes I put some of it on the line. Sometimes I would like God to intervene. I wonder what it would be like if I NEEDED God to intervene. I wonder what it would be like if I put EVERYTHING on the line.

Hmmmm…


“My grace is enough; it’s all you need. My strength comes into its own in your weakness.

Once I heard that, I was glad to let it happen. I quit focusing on the handicap and began appreciating the gift. It was a case of Christ’s strength moving in on my weakness. Now I take limitations in stride, and with good cheer, these limitations that cut me down to size — abuse, accidents, opposition, bad breaks. I just let Christ take over! And so the weaker I get, the stronger I become."
2 Corinthians 12:9-10 (The Message)

“LORD, take my weakness and make it your strength. Thank you for showing up so that I am not toast.”