What if we got everything we wanted? Where would that leave us? Just like a child, we don't always see the big picture! We can see the here and now, and what WE think will make our lives better, but what happens later on down the road? As hard as it is for some of us to understand, sometimes God has to tell us no. It's not that he doesn't want us to be happy, or that he is trying to punish us for something, he just knows what is best for us and as much as he wants to say yes, he knows that sometimes saying NO is going to be better for us in the long run.
The funny thing is that even after he says no, usually he's got a yes planned out that's even better than we could dream of. Whether it happens a week, a month or even years later, God puts something or even someone in our lives and you just know he's beaming with joy watching his child get something better than they wanted. As Rob Bell put it in his Nooma video called "Kickball", " God's idea of better is better." We never realize it until it happens, but when it does we can't do much more than thank him for his infinite wisdom. We never like hearing the word no, but when we look back at the no's in our life, I would be happy to bet that later on we got a yes that blew our minds! I know it's happened to me more times than I can remember.
Matthew 7: 9-11 (NLT)
"You parents- if your children ask for a loaf of bread, do you give them a stone instead? Of course not! Or if they ask for a fish, do you give them a snake? Of course not! If you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him."
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