I recently heard a song by Brooks and Dunn that is
entitled God Is Busy. I get behind
on
what is new or old on the radio, but I do not believe that I had heard
this
before. It made me think, and I just had to respond (although Brooks
and Dunn will
never know I did).
Is
God busy? I would most certainly think so. Every
tiny sparrow that flies in the balmy skies of the south, and leaves
behind the
frozen wastelands of the north; every sparrow that has built a nest in
someone’s garage, or dodged the towers of the Manhattan sky;
every baby sparrow
that has misstepped and fallen from its mother’s nest, and
found its fate
sealed in the mouth of a hungry cat: God knows everyone of them, and
can give
an account of them. I am sure that does keep God busy.
Every time a person combs his hair and pulls out a
single strand; every time a child loses all of her hair as part of the
ravages
of treatment for that dreaded disease that no one so young should have
to
endure; every time an unborn infant’s little head pops out a
brand new hair;
every time some man who is growing older begins to develop bald spots
because
his hair is slowly leaving: God knows every hair on every head. I am
sure that
does keep God busy.
Every
time a baby boy folds his fingers and bows his little
head as he is learning how to pray; every time an ancient saint bows
her head
at the bed of the man who has filled her life for all these many years;
every
time one of His is driving down the road and says a little prayer about
the
simple events that will come to this new day; in every event when His
people
pray, in sorrow, in joy, in worship, in every walk of their lives: God
is
listening, and God will answer, in His own way, in His own time. I am
sure that
does keep God busy.
Our God is a busy God. I believe that He mourns over
the consequences of sin that man has ravaged upon himself. I believe
that He is
grieved as He views man’s inhumanity toward his fellow-man. I
know that He is
simultaneously angered and sorrowed as He watches humanity misuse the
truth,
misuse each other and misuse the precious Gift that He has given. I am
sure
that this does keep God busy.
However,
the true question is: Is God too busy? The
answer is no. God is not too busy to answer His people’s
prayer. Just because
God does not answer our prayers in our time, and in the way we want Him
to
answer them, then we conclude that God is too busy to hear us. While we
pray
for the world situation, one of God’s greatest principles is
that He has given
mankind a choice. He does not make men do evil, He does not cause wars,
and
humanity does that all on its own. It would really be a more nearly
appropriate
prayer to pray for changes in attitudes, because that is all that will
make
mankind better.
Remember
that because we don’t see the results of
prayer that we think we ought to see, that does not negate the fact
that God is
listening and answering prayers. Is God busy? Yes, He is busy. Is God
too busy?
No, He is there, He hears, and He will make all things work out for the
good of
those who are His (Romans 8:28). The bottom line question is: Are you
too busy
for God? Your eternity depends on that answer (2 Corinthians 5:10).
God
Is Busy?