I learned an interesting lesson the other day from playing
solitaire on my tablet. I don’t really
play it often just sometimes to clear my mind or while I’m in line
waiting. But I noticed a feature that
surprised me. It’s called a “winning deal”.
This means that this hand that is dealt is designed for you to win. I’m
thinking shooot...this is GREAT. Why in the world would you play any other way!
So I started playing using this feature and I noticed my
demeanor about the game changed. Anytime
I got stuck and it appeared that I didn’t have a move, I would maneuver cards
until I could see a possibility. If I
kept getting stuck, I wouldn’t move to a new game, I would re-deal that one and
play until I won. Why? If the computer
says I am supposed to win, and that’s it’s a winning deal..my expectation is to
win and I keep playing until what happens lines up with what was is supposed to
happen. I don’t act as if something is wrong with the computer…I approach it as
if there is something that I am not doing.
It’s amazing that I believe that computer…but it’s difficult
to trust God the same way. He said from
the beginning that I was a winner. He
proclaimed over his people that we are the head and not the tail, above only
and not beneath. We are the lenders, not the borrowers. We should have houses
(and yes that’s plural) we didn’t build and vineyards that we didn’t plant. But
when the game of life deals it out rough and we don’t seem to have a move…we
stop playing. We won’t try anything
different. We won’t change our paradigm
or way of approaching a situation, project, relationship. We won’t seek out new
information-we just stop playing and life becomes a hum drum of
“everyday-itis”. No purpose, no goals,
no drive, no plan…just winging it and settling for the cards in front of you.
You play your hand haphazardly and throw them in when it ‘appears” you don’t
have a move.
You are supposed to win-period. So reshuffle your gifts, your talents, your
abilities, your resources, your education, your information, your prayer life,
your gumption…and play again….and KEEP playing until you win. The cool thing about solitaire is that it’s a
game for ONE. You are not competing with anyone and you don't have to worry abut
anyone beating you to the punch. What God has for you, is for YOU. Your
life is a game of ONE. You have a
calling and purpose to fulfill and it’s not about anyone beating you to YOUR
destiny…you are not in competition. Its solitaire. There is one player…and you are playing a winning deal. The computer
doesn’t lie and neither does God.
