God Loves Contradictions

Back when I was a little girl, I remember seeing a skit done on a show called Hee-Haw.  It was a conversation between two men and part of it went  like this.

Archie: Well I bought me an airplane and learned to fly.
Roy: Well that’s good.
Archie: No that’s bad.
Roy: How come?
Archie: Well I was flying upside down the other day and I fell outta’ the dern thing!
Roy: Well that’s bad.
Archie: No that’s good.
Roy: How come?
Archie: Well when I looked down under me and there was a great big ole haystack.
Roy: Well that’s good.
Archie: No that’s bad.
Roy: How come?
Archie: Well I got a little closer and I saw a pitchfork aimed right at me!
Roy: Well that’s bad.
Archie: No that’s good!
Roy: How come?
Archie: I missed the pitchfork.
Roy: Well that’s good!
Archie: No that’s bad.
Roy: How come?
Archie: I missed the haystack too.

Isn’t that what life looks like sometimes? What we think should happen and what actually happens in our lives is sometimes just as confusing as this skit. What should be good turns out to be bad and what should be bad turns out to be pretty good after all.

I think this demonstrates that God’s ways are not our ways. His plans for us are so far from what we think would be good for us that we can get discouraged if we focus on the wrong things.

God actually loves contradictions. He says some things in His word that seem to be clear contradictions. Here are a few examples.

When I am weak then I am strong.  ( 2 Corinthians 12:10)

He that loses his life will find it. ( Matthew 10:39)

The first shall be last and the last shall be first. (Matthew 20:16)

Jesus was rich and became poor so we who are poor could become rich.  (2 Corinthians 8:9)

Our grief will turn to joy. (John 16:10)

All of these seem like impossible contradictions. But God’s plans for us don’t make sense in the natural world. His ways are supernatural and He is able to bring good out of what looks to us to be completely bad.

Ask God to show you the good in the things that are challenging you today. He has a different view that He would like to share with you!