God often uses disruption and disorientation in our
lives to jolt us out of our apparent self-sufficiency, so that he might give us
himself in some new and deeper and more beautiful way. His desire in doing so is to take us beyond
where we are and where we have been―beyond comfort to trust, beyond
independence to dependence, beyond fear to love.
So, when
disruption, deconstruction, and disorientation occur in our lives, we should
see them as friends rather than foes. We
should see them as invitations rather than annoying inconveniences. They are
meant to lead us beyond, to a place deeper into the heart and life of God.
Psalm 40 is a great example of this movement. The whole reason for our time in the slimy pit has to do with knowing, trusting, and loving God in new and deeper ways. The whole reason for the mud and the mire is that he might put a new song in our mouths, a hymn of praise to our God. It is the way growth in Christ typically happens.
