“Those who cling to worthless idols forfeit the grace that could be theirs.” (Jonah 2:8) God keeps trying to give us grace, but we refuse to let go of our worthless idols—our own plans and agendas. So, just like with Jonah, God has to take extreme measures to open us up to the grace he is trying to give us.
Oftentimes, this comes through disruption. He hurls us into the deep, a place of dependence and desperation, trying to pry open or tightly clenched fists from our own places of comfort and familiarity. Sadly, even then we still try to cling to our worthless idols of strength and self-sufficiency, until finally we arrive at a place of total surrender.
So maybe we should embrace the disruption instead of fighting it. Maybe we should open our hands and our hearts and receive the grace God is trying to give us. When we walk with Jesus, disruption is often an invitation. In the words of Albert E. Day, “For into the vacuum created by the destruction of human pride and self-sufficiency, pours the fullness of God.” How can we be full of God when we are so full of ourselves?
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