What Am I Supposed to DO??? (Part 3 of 4)

The cliff does not improve with time. It becomes more uncomfortable. The pebbles become aches within flesh and the dry edge of land seems to suck the moisture from the body. Some people remember God and return, and life is back on track. The cliff erased as a lesson learned and God redeems the person in affliction.

But what about those that don’t get the quick fix version? What of those that remain on the cliff seemingly forever? I have truly returned, God? What am I supposed to do when I’m still stuck?

Personally, to see things out of control bothers me greatly. For life to seem blind and purposeless and disorganized is a trial only Type A people understand. The mental state we get ourselves into is more torment than the cliff's edge. So what do we do when we’ve remembered, returned, and still nothing seems to change? What of the mother who has lost a child or those battling cancer? What of those in hardships that don’t seem to end? I did what I was told! I remembered your promises and have returned my heart to you… now what?

Respond with faith and worship.  Where is the sense in all this? I do not know. Perhaps there is none we shall ever see on earth, which is why it takes faith. Why it takes belief over doubt. The hard truth of the matter is that we must respond to God regardless of what we think should be happening. We must respond to God with a heart of praise and worship, even if he never removes us from the cliff top.

In Prince Caspian, Aslan tells Lucy she isn’t to know “what might have been.” He tells Aravis in The Horse and His Boy that she’s not to know the rest of the servant’s story. He tells no one anything, but their own story. In The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Lucy is reminded she’ll never know what might have happened. There are many mentions to not knowing the “what ifs” in life and not knowing the details of our journeys. God speaks to us only concerning our own heart conditions and it doesn’t always include “making sense,” just that we are to respond to his words - and worship him.

We are to respond to God with faith and praise, regardless of the epic joy or utter bleakness of our situation. Respond with worship and a pressing in of our spirits to His. When facing the cliff, the darkness, sometimes the silence of our God,  the overwhelming, the weariness of continuing forward, if we do not respond as King David did, accepting the situation before us, crying out for deliverance, vindication, and singing praise, we are denying our souls the comfort responding to God brings.

Remember, Return, and Respond.