Radio Remix

Since getting back from Germany, I have been doing a lot of driving while on leave. To go along with that, I have been listening to a lot of radio. It's not that they don't have radio in Germany, I just never new what they were saying except for the random, "blue jeans", or "coca-cola". So, anyways, it is nice to be able to understand the "jibber-jabber" as Mr. T would stay.

Today I was listening to the local Christian station by my Mother-in-law's house, and a woman called in and told a story about how God had made an impact at a difficult time in her life. What stuck out to me was as she was encouraging others with her story she said, "God will help you anyway he can." This sounded wrong to me, but it took me awhile to figure out why.

For God to help me anyway he can seems to imply that there are ways he can't help which doesn't fit with my conception of an all powerful deity. I think though that we sometimes think of God like that, as if in our crazy mixed up world he is doing everything he "can". I put limits on God as to what he does and does not care about, or how much he is willing to give or far he is willing to go for me.

The thing is, God has no limits, and he proved how far he is willing to go through his son Jesus. I rewrote the original statement to capture how I think God really works: "God will help you anyway he will." God won't do what he can for me or what I want him to do for me, he will do what he wills for me, any limits on what or when he will help are there by his design. I'm working on getting that.