"Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil."
(Jer. 13:23)
Only God can change the unchangeable. And all our efforts to do so on our own will only prove futile. Although the Lord could change the color of an Ethiopian’s skin, as well as remove the spots from a leopard, in His wisdom He has chosen not to do so. And He can also, in a second, if He so desired, alter any and all circumstances in our lives. But again, many, if not most of the times, He doesn’t.
Paul prayed fourteen years for God to take the painful thorn in his flesh from him, only to have the Lord tell him, it was till “death do us part.” And what of Moses’ deep desire and request to enter the Promised Land, after God had told him he would not, was met with, “Speak no more unto me of this matter”?
Why is it we refuse to accept what we cannot change, while, at the same time refusing to change what we can? Like spoiled children, if we can’t have it our way, we don’t want it any way. I may not be able to drive a Rolls Royce across America and enjoy some of the great breathtaking sights of our Country, but I can still find the same pleasure in viewing them from the back seat of an old clunker.
Paul prayed fourteen years for God to take the painful thorn in his flesh from him, only to have the Lord tell him, it was till “death do us part.” And what of Moses’ deep desire and request to enter the Promised Land, after God had told him he would not, was met with, “Speak no more unto me of this matter”?
Why is it we refuse to accept what we cannot change, while, at the same time refusing to change what we can? Like spoiled children, if we can’t have it our way, we don’t want it any way. I may not be able to drive a Rolls Royce across America and enjoy some of the great breathtaking sights of our Country, but I can still find the same pleasure in viewing them from the back seat of an old clunker.
By An Old Disciple
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