Pushed Around

By Richard

Backtracking here to Mark 1! We read that the Spirit, “Pushed Jesus out into the wild.” (Mark 1:12). It seems strange to think of the Spirit “pushing” Jesus. Philip Yancey has commented in several of his books about how God is the perfect respecter of the human freedom he has given us and is very gentle with his advances towards us. But I do think that as our relationship with God grows and we have relinquished some of our human freedom back to God, that he does want us to be inviting him to push us and challenge us towards growth. My prayer is that God will do his will through me – even if he has to push me, hard at times, to get me where he wants me to be.