We found ourselves going out to eat in BV (Buena Vista, CO) with the family . . . city folks going to eat at a country steak restaurant. Jeffrey told us in the car exactly what to expect. There was a set menu. No changes. He went through every detail. You had two choices, and you couldn’t vary from those choices. We all got out of the car and walked in.
We sat down at the table, and again the waitress told us our choices. We looked at the brief menu. Did we try to change the choices? Of course we did! “Could we substitute?”. “Could we have a different kind of dressing?” “Tell us again, what are our choices?” On and on we tried to change the menu. We tried to have it our way. It didn’t work. The waitress continued to state the menu plan until we got it right. Two choices. Period. We ordered. Delicious meal. All were happy!
As I was preparing for my Bible study lesson in Malachi, this situation came to mind. A simple evening with the family. Simple menu, but we all wanted to change the plan. In life, God gives us a plan. Two choices. HIS way … our way. We keep trying to change HIS plan. We mess it up. We go about our lives thinking we have it down, but we find that we vary from what we know to be true, start walking in the wrong direction to get our own way, and mess it up again. Then, hopefully, we find ourselves at the feet of the only One that can help to get us back on the perfect menu.
BEST DINNER WE EVER ATE! Choice one or two, as it was designed, would be the best. Life can be at its best because we already have the menu. The Word is in our hands. Simple order. Satisfies the soul.
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart, your mind, your soul; and the second is like unto it, love your neighbor as yourself.” Mark 12:30-31
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