More Than I See

Yesterday, a friend asked my permission to refer to me in a Bible Study she was teaching. I thought it was great that she considered something about my cancer journey to be helpful, and I readily agreed. We then went on to discuss some of the blessings that I see as a result of last year's experiences.

Then, as I was walking this morning, I considered something. Everything that I discussed with my friend was something that I can SEE. Yet, the apostle Paul, in Ephesians, refers to God being able to do immeasurably beyond all that we can ask or imagine. He also mentions, in that same book, that the "rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms" are watching and learning of God's wisdom as they watch the church.

What struck me was this: For every blessing that I can see...for every good thing that God has brought out of my cancer...there is more going on. There is more good than I can even IMAGINE that God is likely weaving together out of this situation. With His creativity, perhaps He is even using me to teach a heavenly ruler something about His ways.

That is an awesome thought. And it is a challenge. It makes me want to be obedient and have a good attitude even when I don't see the good. I think it makes the church's response to difficulty a vital component in what is going on--not only in our world, but in His immediate world. It also makes me hopeful. When things don't make sense, or don't work out as I think they should, I can trust that God is at work...beyond my imagination...being true to His character....and forming both myself and things "in the heavenlies" into what He desires.

I know it is a mystery. But, I am glad to serve a God bigger than myself...a God who is about doing things that are immeasurably more.