Mosaic is a song that captures the attention of all who look at life and wonder WHY. The soul-penetrating lyrics are these:

[Verse 1] Looking at my life right now / Honestly I can’t see how / Any beauty could be underneath these ashes / Every place I’ve compromised / All the patterns of my life / There’s a million things I wish had never happened

[Pre-Chorus] It’s amazing how You take / Every messed up and mistake / Every broken frame and shattered place in me / Instead of throwing me away / You clean up every jagged shape / And put a work of art together perfectly /

[Chorus] And then You shine Your light / Through my fractured lines / Nothing was wasted / You made a mosaic / A fascinating sight / In my Father’s eyes / A brand new creation / You made a mosaic /

[Verse 2] Such a beautiful design / So peculiar so divine / Every crack displays a different shade of mercy / When You hold it in Your hands / I’m like a child once again / And I’m overwhelmed by just how much You love me /

[Bridge] Only You only You / Only You can take these ashes / And make something beautiful

Do you agree these words capture beautifully what the Spirit of God is whispering to our souls in the darkness, in the midst of the trial?

Not “why?” but “what now?”

We can’t fully understand the twists and turns of our lives so the explanation of why things happen the way they do is beyond us. Only One understands or could ever explain the meaning in it all: God.

So, I give my mind to the problem of relating humbly and well to God from out of this sin-darkened planet and my earthly perspective. I do not understand the intricacies to the pattern of my life, but I more fully understand the demands of daily surrender and obedience to the only one who does.

The words playing in the background to my musing on these things is “Trust and obey, for there’s no other way to be happy in Jesus…“

Ah, trust and obey…

That’s going to cost me. Pursuing surrender, acceptance and than God’s will for me costs me everything. That pursuit is the only one I have that matters at the ending and beginning of the day. (Mark 8:34-38)

The costs of what’s given me to understand – surrendered obedience?

It costs me any self-sovereignty that I may claim to pursue a relationship with the All-wise God. It costs me any right to conclude what the ultimate meaning is to anything.

Only God sees and knows all things (Hebrews 4:12-13), and it’s He who will perfectly, from a loving and holy heart, work out all things together for good to those called forth out of sin and death into the freedom of Life in Christ.