I may kick and fight but you love me too much to let me walk into the ditch. I am grateful that Daddy you see when I am walking into a ditch and refuse to let me go. I know You said no but more than that, even more than words could describe I am grateful you said no. I know left to myself I would have perished in the sea of foolishness. Yet He held on as only a Father can, He said no. It is that as only a Father can, He told me severally, even though you do not see it now, I do this for your good. It is that when I was foolish, when I was absolutely daft, He held my hand and refused to let me go down a path that I would regret later on. Yet that is not the story I am most grateful for. In the recent past I have felt loved by God beyond what words could describe. And it is not always because I am better off having received the no-answer, but because in all instances He works it out for my good. Years later, sometimes when I am lucky months or days later, I am glad I have a God who says no. It is as the saying goes, ‘you live your life but understand it backwards’. Every single no-answer God has given me, when I look back, without exception I am always glad He said no. Why? He has my best interest at heart (you can read more on this in this blogpost -> Trust without borders). Yet God is teaching me to take them all as answers. I struggle with the no-answers and the more vested I am on the issue, the harder the no answer is to take. That’s why I am convinced there is an unwritten song on what to do when Jesus says no! So if I do not expect my friends to be yes men, I wonder why I expect God to be a Yes-Man! Why do I expect Him to agree with all my great ideas? Why do I expect Him to just be a rubber stamp?īecause of one reason, when He says no, it hurts.
When I have a conversation with anyone at any point, it is kinda shady to expect that they will agree with me in all I will say and therefore only be saying yes.
You know the way conversations will always have two sides, a possibility of a yes or no, otherwise it is a monologue conversation, and monologue conversations are not conversations. Okay I clearly am not a songwriter as those lyrics do not rhyme but still, there is a conversation there that needs to be had. Yet someone needs to tell Michelle Williams and Co that they need to do another rendition one for when Jesus says no, what to do. The YouTube upload has been equally popular! We clearly love the beats behind this song but the lyrics do not hurt either, they are encouraging and often what we need to hear.
So this song ‘when Jesus say yes nobody can say no’ has been top on gospel music charts for a while now.
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