Three Wishes

In the shower this morning, I had an idea. I decided to ask God to let me know of one thing I should change, and I promised to be willing to change it. (Actually, I wasn't sure at first if I would be willing ... then I reminded myself that this is indeed the God of the Universe I was talking to and if God wanted me to change something, then I better the heck do it!).

I got out of the shower, dried off, and was going through the morning routine when I got my answer. My train of thought was something like this:

• If I ask God to let me know what needs to be changed in my life, and I promise to be willing to do it, I better live up to that promise. But what if I'm not willing to do it? Well, I can pray for willingness.
• What if I'm not able to do it? As long as I'm willing to do it I can always pray for the ability to do it.
• How will I know if it's God telling me to change a particular thing? What if it's the other voices in my head (people who nag me, billboards, the devil, etc.)? Well, I'll pray for discernment to recognize God's voice.
• What is it that God wants me to change today? And who am I to decide that right here and now is when God should tell me what to do? Am I the boss of God? No ...
• So, here is what I need to change: I need to be willing to let God change me, whenver God wants to change me, and it should not be on my timetable. Aha. That's my answer, and not the one I expected.

This whole inner monologue reminded me of something we used to say as kids: "if you had three wishes, what would you wish for?" "Three more wishes, of course!"

And that's essentially what God asked of me. God is not going to tell me one thing I should change in my life because I was in the mood to ask this morning. God expects obedience from me all the time, and when I asked "what is the one thing I should change?" God said, "change whenver I ask you to."