I got a great analogy of planned order and unplanned order yesterday. It reminded me of how God is in control of the big picture and interested in the fine details of even a single human. As I lay waiting for my surgeon to take me to the operating room, Doug and I sat playing Battle Yahtzee on his Ipad. We bantered back and forth (since we are not the least bit competitive – yeah -right! Did I mention I won? ) Doug took a look at the floor beside my bed and his eyes flickered worry. He said, “You are bleeding out” I leaned over and saw a large puddle of blood that had started a river to my curtained neighbor’s bed. Doug summoned help and all of the sudden we had 6 people working on the new bio-hazard I had created. Apparently the tubing from the IV had an unseen slice in it which made my IV act as a pump onto the floor.
The funny thing is I have to donate a pint of blood next week for my surgery in subsequent weeks. I will most likely need a transfusion for that surgery. I laughed and said, “Well, there’s my donation.” It was there it hit me. – An unplanned donation of blood such as yesterday has the ability to kill or render someone completely weak. In sharp contrast,a planned donation of blood has the ability to save lives -the bible says that “life is in the blood” How true the Word is!
As we look at little episode of me yesterday with blood pouring out onto the floor and put it on a macro level it is a picture of an unplanned life, unaware of what is happening around them and ultimately on a course for death. How many times do I let myself walk in this area of nonchalance not giving my all to Him or keeping Him first because I want to do what I want to do? I’m not talking about the big issues in life; I’m talking about the fine-tuning God is interested in. It still has the power to destroy.
The picture of a blood donation is totally different- Jesus shed his blood for us because it is part of God’s divine plan for us and it is part of His intelligent design. He has a plan and that plan is life and life more abundantly. How often do I stay in tune to His purpose in my life and plan accordingly? God never misses the details in our lives. It is beyond my thoughts that He is so big to create the universe, yet so intimate to create the smallest particles with life. What an amazing wonderful God that I somehow I am part of His plan! It’s a teleological wonder! We all have purpose!
“Thus says the Lord: Stand by the roads and look; and ask for the eternal paths, where the good, old way is; then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls.” Jeremiah 6:16a
