God of the Gaps

In this life, we will face problems.

In this life, we will experience needs.

In this life, we will wrestle with unmet desires.

In this life, we will walk through gaps.

We are all imperfect people living in an imperfect world. A world that is sin-saturated and full of brokenness, so despite our Christian Checklists and best efforts to avoid the gaps, each and every person will spend some amount of time treading through gaps of some type during their life.

Gaps do not discriminate:

Christian and unbeliever,

Young and old,

Rich and poor,

Healthy and sick.

At one time or another, we will all experience a gap.

Jesus experienced struggle so he was able to share caution with his disciples and all believers with authority. He told them, “Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows.” (John 16:33, NLT)

God sent his own son into the world not to live a safe life but to struggle. While Jesus was on earth, he endured persecution, angry crowds, questions about who he was, and an undeserved death on a cruel cross. Jesus willingly walked the gap between Gethsemane and Golgotha for our benefit. He embraced his struggle because he understood that it was not rooted out of punishment but out of purpose.

Salvation saves us from our sin. It doesn’t separate us from this world’s struggles.

we often feel forced to become a back seat driver on a journey to an unknown destination. You are now along for a ride, one often dictated by outside circumstances or other people.

gaps do not come with warning labels, directional maps, or detailed agendas.

Gaps can make us feel lost, powerless, and overwhelmed.

Gaps can be the waiting places between our problems and their solutions.

Gaps can be the searching between our questions and their answers.

Gaps can be the times of struggling between our needs and their provision.

Gaps can be the unmapped journey between our hurt and our healing.

Gaps can be the grief we must endure between sad goodbyes and hopeful hellos.

Gaps can be the lonely stretches between our hard decisions and the support of others.

Gaps can be the heartaches between our personal desires and God’s sovereign designs.

Gaps can be the seasons of wrestling between our plans and God’s will.

Gaps can be the seasons of silence between God’s promise and His timing.

Gaps can be the waiting between one door closing and another one opening.

Our lives are full of all kinds of concrete, measurable gaps, which we experience daily.