External Force

"For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do"- Ephesians 2:10 (NIV).

One of the most well loved and memorized verses is Jeremiah 29:11: "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." The following verses, 12-13, are the bulwark to the Father's promise: "Then you will call on Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. You will seek Me and find Me when you seek Me with all of your heart." Seeking requires motion; it's an action word; yet, so many Christians want verse 11, without any inertia on their part. Miriam-Webster defines inertia as a "property of matter by which it remains at rest...unless acted upon by some external force." God prepared, in advance of our birth, good works we, His children, were to accomplish and His children cannot be snatched from His hands (John 10:28); therefore, He will drive such as these from their anesthetized Christian inertia, to their knees, until they seek Him with all their heart. The question remains: Do you come willingly or does the Father need to apply some external force?