Does He still need to prove Himself?

The other day, I heard myself telling my daughter, ‘You see, Mummy actually knows how to get a few things done too. Infact, it might surprise you to know that at work there are people who look up to me for direction and coaching’. I doubt if this made any sense to her but I could not help but push back when for the uptempt time she had questioned my ability to do a simple handy task and suggested that it might be a good idea to wait for daddy.

My husband was away for a couple of weeks; and in this time, my daughter told me with the bluntness only a 4 year old can mutter, what she thought of my handy skills and apparently it wasn't much. It first started 3 days after her dad travelled, she came to tell me the clock in her room had stopped working, “It must be the batteries” I said, “I will buy new ones and replace it”. Her response was “Are you sure you know how to change the batteries? I think it will be a good idea if you wait for daddy”. WHAT!!! Can you imagine that? Little did I know that was just the beginning.

To make things worse, a lot of things chose this time to stop working giving her enough opportunity to tell me what she thought and how her father could fix anything. So in my defence, I was forced to tell her that just because she had not seen mummy change a light bulb didn’t mean I was that terrible. And you dear friend, don’t even try to judge me, I had simply heard enough from my daughter. 

Anyone who knows my little girl would ask why I’m surprised. My daughter is your typical daddy’s girl. Ok, that not exactly true, she is more than the typical daddy’s girl. One of the things I find amazing about her and I pray to learn, is her unquestionable belief in her daddy’s ability to fix anything and everything. For example, I was dropping her off at school a while back and we had to use a back entrance to get in. She asked me why we are not taking the usual door and I said because the front door’s security system was broken (as per the notice on the door). She looked at me and said “I will tell daddy to fix it”. Huh? I simply looked at her with the dream- on-girl look. But to my shock and surprise, two days later when I was dropping her off and the door was now fixed, she asked me ‘Did daddy fix the alarm?” Luckily she did not stay long enough to hear my answerJ. So much faith she has in her father’s abilities. Now I wish I could have such unquestioning faith, even if I did not see it happen, I just believe.  

Writing this reminds me of a similar story of unwavering faith in the Bible. In Daniel 3:12-19 Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were facing the king at the risk of losing their life but they still boldly declared their faith in their God. What impressed me greatly in this story is in vs. 18,    

“But even if he (God) does not (save us), we want you to know, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up” (Daniel 3;18)

 It was just like saying ‘We are not saying He is God because of what He does or does not do for us. He is God just because He is God and He does not have to prove it to you or us”.

This whole experience with my daughter got me thinking about my relationship with God, How do I really see him…not what I say because it sounds good but how do I really perceive His abilities to handle my affairs? Am I like my daughter who still needs to see me change batteries for her to believe that I can? OR do I, irrespective of the circumstances and how impossible it may seem, still boldly declare and believe that He is God and indeed nothing is impossible with him? After all this time and all He has done, do you still need or expect God to prove Himself to you for you to believe?

Remain Blessed