Don't Argue

"Get up and go over to Straight Avenue. Ask at the house of Judas for a man from Tarsus. His name is Saul. He's there praying. He has just had a dream in which he saw a man named Ananias enter the house and lay hands on him so he could see again."

Ananias protested, "Master, you can't be serious. Everybody's talking about this man and the terrible things he's been doing, his reign of terror against your people in Jerusalem! And now he's shown up here with papers from the Chief Priest that give him license to do the same to us."

But the Master said, "Don't argue. Go! I have picked him as my personal representative to non-Jews and kings and Jews. And now I'm about to show him what he's in for—the hard suffering that goes with this job." From Acts chapter 9 (The Message)

Daily Bible Reading time!

It is interesting to me that we argue with God. Most of us know in our brains that God has the best in mind and that His plans are always best.

This, however, never seems to make it into our hearts, so we try to talk God out of his plans just like Ananias.

If Ananias had not listened to God, Saul probably still would have been healed and become Paul. God's will is always done in the end. But, Ananias would have missed out on being a part of God's plan.

Every church Paul planted and every soul that was saved was a result of Ananias' obedience. He was just as important as Paul was in God's plan.

So each one of us (myself included) has to look at the choices we make. Am I making choices that will make me miss out on what God really wants for me? If you argue with God, you will lose. The question is how much do you want to lose before you give up and listen to Him?