Boxes

Boxes are fantastic things really. They keep our 'stuff' organized, make our lives more 'simple', and it is easy to label them. That way we know EXACTLY what we will find when we open them up.

Boxes are fantastic things. Unless you put something in a box that wasn't intended to be in a box.

Like God.

He doesn't really like the box either. Most of us (including me) claim that we don't put Him in a box.
I mean, He's God right? I can't put God in a box!
But then I ask myself when the last time was I healed a sick person, cast out a demon, drank poison and didn't die? Mark 16 does say these signs will FOLLOW those who BELIEVE.

So maybe I did put Him in a box.

I think this is where things get just a little screwy. I think I have Him organized, simple, and labeled.
And He smiles at me and chuckles.

Then I open my labeled box and something comes out that WAS NOT ON THE LABEL!
In fact, so many things come out of the box, my concern is no longer what is coming out, but how much is coming out. ALL of THAT could ABSOLUTELY NOT fit into that box!

It's like a Mary Poppins convention inside that screwy little God box.

Because the box I put God in doesn't change who He is, it simply changes my perspective of who He is. I organize revival by what I know(which isn't much), simplify Him to what I understand(which is finite), and only believe what the label says on the outside (which I made).
The only problem with this box, is that I made it.

I organized Him. I simplified Him. I labeled Him.

So I am thinking that the problem with this little box is this: God fits in there just fine.

He's started a revolution inside that little sucker.
But because I made it and carry it around, I can't actually fit inside that box.

Now why on earth would I want to fit inside that screwy little box?
Because that's where ALL of the FUN God-stuff is happening.

Like . . .

Being with The One Who Loves YOU!
Encounters with the LIVING GOD
Freedom to be who I really am
Holy Spirit AWESOMENESS
Interaction with those who have been ordered to guard us and keep us from falling (Ps. 91:11-12), the winds which are messengers, and servants who are fire (Heb. 1:7).
Clearing out hospitals because everyone is well
Jail houses emptying out because of no more crime
Getting new idea's that have NEVER been seen
Receiving creative insight for my job
No more child abuse
No more divorces
No more broken people who have no hope.

Wow. That's quite a bit to stick inside a box I don't even fit into.

So . . .

I am getting rid of my little box because I can't fit inside of it.

And if I can't fit inside of it, then how am I going to share it with someone else?