Yesterday Hamish was given a big beef knuckle raw bone. He loved it and was obsessed with it, burying it then carrying it around. He managed to sneak it in to the family room, covered in soil and plop it down on our light beige coloured carpet before I noticed! Anthony came home and Hamish went running to him, then Hamish immediately went running to the beloved bone, took it and ran and dropped it at Anthony’s feet. ‘Here master this is my bone, it’s yours.’ Hamish was wagging his tail and excited when he gave up his bone even though he loved it.
What a beautiful picture that is for us, to be reminded of whatever we have, whatever we love, it’s God’s. We should be bringing everything before God’s feet, willing to give it up, if God can use something better elsewhere. God may like Anthony, say ‘I don’t want it this time, or much of it but thank you for bringing it to me.’ It can be time, money, interests, anything we have. Willing to give up everything, at anytime purely because God is our master and it’s His to begin with, as He first give it to us. We gave Hamish the bone first, but he was willing to give it back to His master.
We know God is a good master, a very loving one only wanting the best for us and He sees the bigger picture. Hamish loves Anthony and was excited to see Him. Are we like that, just so pleased to experience God we put EVERYTHING at His feet, excited to see what God will say to us even if it’s to take some of our time away to do work for Him or more money to do something for Him? Do we ‘leave’ God ‘wagging our tail’ happy if He does take something, excited as something better will happen or like a dog, not think about what their master will do with something but just happy that they helped?
May we be more like our dogs in this aspect, so trusting and loving. How often do we have our grubby little paws gripping onto something, reluctant to give over our loved ones, or things to God. And yet He is God – the most perfect loving example of what true, unselfish love really is and yet we still don’t trust Him sometimes. Let us give up our ‘bone’ to God, whatever that may be today.
What a beautiful picture that is for us, to be reminded of whatever we have, whatever we love, it’s God’s. We should be bringing everything before God’s feet, willing to give it up, if God can use something better elsewhere. God may like Anthony, say ‘I don’t want it this time, or much of it but thank you for bringing it to me.’ It can be time, money, interests, anything we have. Willing to give up everything, at anytime purely because God is our master and it’s His to begin with, as He first give it to us. We gave Hamish the bone first, but he was willing to give it back to His master.
We know God is a good master, a very loving one only wanting the best for us and He sees the bigger picture. Hamish loves Anthony and was excited to see Him. Are we like that, just so pleased to experience God we put EVERYTHING at His feet, excited to see what God will say to us even if it’s to take some of our time away to do work for Him or more money to do something for Him? Do we ‘leave’ God ‘wagging our tail’ happy if He does take something, excited as something better will happen or like a dog, not think about what their master will do with something but just happy that they helped?
May we be more like our dogs in this aspect, so trusting and loving. How often do we have our grubby little paws gripping onto something, reluctant to give over our loved ones, or things to God. And yet He is God – the most perfect loving example of what true, unselfish love really is and yet we still don’t trust Him sometimes. Let us give up our ‘bone’ to God, whatever that may be today.
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