See Where God Takes You
4/22/08 Insights from Study You have to recognize God before you can enjoy Him. But the recognition itself is His gift; the enjoyment is icing on the cake. You might recognize God in the violent tornado that leveled your home, but you don’t enjoy His presence from this until in your humility you are reminded of the ways He has shown you mercy. He has saved you from other fates worse than the loss of your home, He has spared your loved ones and taught you about values this way, He has demonstrated the goodness of unacquainted others toward you. Most times recognition of the presence of God comes in pleasant ways – an answered prayer, the birth of a baby, new nature on a warm spring day – and enjoyment of His works is immediate. But other times recognition of God comes about through trials whereby you are put in need of God, and appreciation only comes when you realize that He is present for you in this need. Life’s lessons come in many parables, all designed to allude to God and to make you think of Him. Start weighing events in your life, large and small, before this backdrop of the presence of God, and see where He takes you.
