God’s chessboard

One of the wisest things that anyone ever told me was that God doesn’t see things the way we do. Like, we realize that, but we don’t really get it. We see things from our human linear persective. We’re at point A, and we do well to see point B somewhere far off in the distance, where we can’t reach it seemingly forever. But God’s looking down on the chessboard from above. He sees point A, but He also sees point Z where He ultimately wants to get us.

I get so frustrated with my life sometimes, because it just doens’t make any sense. But you know, I’ve come to the conclusion that when I told God to take over my life and take me where He wanted, that I pretty much gave up on it making sense. I’ve never seen anything in the Bible talking about life making sense from our perspective. Because we’re a knight or a rook on the chessboard (we usually feel like a pawn), and we’ve just been moved to a new square. We might have been perfectly happy with the square we were in, but now we’ve been moved to a new one. And we can see all these other pieces around us, and their positions seem to make sense. So why in the world did we just get moved here? We can’t see the logic. It doesn’t make sense to us.

But it does make sense to Him. Because He’s not in the game, He’s above it. He’s moving the pieces. He’s thinking a hundred moves ahead.

Now, before we get into some huge debate, our life isn’t exactly a chess game. We have the freedom to choose if we’re going to go where He’s trying to move us. And believe me, I’ve refused before. Stupidest thing I’ve ever done. And what’s worse, I didn’t learn my lesson the first time. But if we let Him move us where we need to be, then we’ll end up accomplishing exactly what He wants. Because He’ll put us in exactly the right places at the right times.

My life’s been a little chaotic recently. I’ve been struggling with God moving me away from where I felt a sense of security and stability, and into something new. In order to do that, He’s had to, as my friend says, “sour the milk.” He had to get me to a point where I’m just not happy where I am anymore, in order for me to be willing to go where He wants.

But I guess today He’s really spoken to me, and He’s given me peace about it. And the odd part is, I know I’ll be happier moving into the unknown than I would be staying in the routine. God knows what’s going on.

Comes back to trusting Him, doesn’t it?

Okay, okay, so the chess board wasn’t the best example. We’re not His robots. We’re His kids. He only wants what’s best for us. That’s always a good thing to remember.