I enjoyed listening to a KLOVE interview with Tim Tebow last week. He was on the show mainly to talk about an international project he started last year through his foundation. It's called Night to Shine. This project provides the opportunity for special needs folks to attend a prom, and it is held in multiple cities throughout the world. It's really a big deal, and a wonderful event. Feel free to Google his foundation for more information.
During the course of the interview, he was asked what his thoughts were when he was dropped from the several NFL teams he played with, and since it was "his life" (being a football player) how it's affecting him now. Tebow was candid, and made a couple of statements we can all possibly relate to. He said, "when it happened, I told God 'I don't get it', and 'I don't understand'." Then that line of thinking stopped rather quickly when he realized that he didn't have to "get it", nor did he "have to understand." He realized that if he was truly putting the rubber to the road, that all he needed to do was yield to whatever God's plan is for him, and run with it. He didn't have to understand, just obey and see where it all leads him.
That's good stuff or Joe Averages like us isn't it? We, who so tightly cling onto our own ability to control our own lives and destinies, would .prefer to "get it" and "understand it" wouldn't we? We would rather try to cherry pick our own paths than let someone like God pick them for us, right? Why else do we have such a difficult time yielding to His will for us? We do it because we want control, and, in our guts, we are afraid of where He might lead us.
Bottom Line Thought: If you were to be completely honest with yourself, would you say "I don't get it", but follow His will anyway, or would you engineer your own path so that you do "get it?"
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