I was listening to a radio preacher the other day, and he was speaking on the subject of "living in God's will" -- that is, allowing him to use us to his end rather than us taking things into our own hands. Rather than getting into the tangles of that topic ("How do we know God's will?"), what I want to do is post an analogy. Tell me if I'm nuts ...
Life is a like a big game of chess. We're the chess pieces, the Lord is the chess master. But unlike in normal chess, we have the opportunity to move on our own. God has a plan, but that plan is postponed as the pieces on the board -- us -- go about moving according to our view of things. That forces God to reassess the positions and work from there. It's only when the pieces on the board stop taking matters into their own hands that the chessmaster can play the game he originally intended.
Does that analogy work? Or is it cheesy?
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