God is Stronger than My Overwhelming Life
I pray that you’re
convinced of this fact! I’m also praying
that you’re living like you believe this.
If I’m completely honest with myself, I struggle with this one
sometimes. That’s why I can get stressed
over my job, my family, my schedule, etc. and actually make myself sick with
concern – I won’t say “worry” because it’s a sin to worry. But, I suppose if we’re going to call a spade
a “spade”, I should admit that I have control issues – when I’m not in control,
I worry.
My schedule is overwhelming.
It’s funny that I’m saying this after two things that I’ve been doing
regularly have ended. I should be able
to do all things through Christ Who gives me strength. Right?
Then why is it so hard? Maybe
because I’m not asking if it’s His will I’m committing to? Maybe because I’m doing these things in my
own strength, not His. Ouch! Can you tell when you’re doing things through
God’s strength or your own? I’d love to
hear your comments on this. I think I
see God work best when I feel less prepared.
For example, when I’m well prepared to teach Sunday school out of the
overflow of what He’s taught me as I study the lesson material, I tend to
“muscle” the conversation in the direction I’ve been led. Whereas when I haven’t had much time to
prepare the lesson, so I just do the essentials of the material, I find that
the Holy Spirit leads the discussion in surprising directions. He teaches me in the class along with
everyone else. What about you?
What about distractions?
They can be overwhelming.
Especially when you know you should be spending your time doing one
thing, but get stuck doing something else.
Are we having a problem prioritizing?
I think so. And unrealistic
expectations? I place those firmly on
myself – and others. It makes me a
perfectionist – which is impossible to achieve.
It also makes me unforgiving!
Ouch! When others place them on
me, it also makes me defensive. And when
I get hurt, I hurt others.
We can’t balance our own lives. It’s like chaos theory mathematics. Do you remember the lesson from “Jurassic
Park”? Dr. Rock Star conducts an
experiment on Dr. Ellie’s hand with a drop of water, talking about variations
in the hand and imperfections in the skin making a drop of water take a
different path down the arm than a water droplet placed in the exact same spot
a moment before. But it’s Dr. Ellie who
teaches the true nature of chaos theory:
control is an illusion! We
control NOTHING! Ouch! Ouch!
God is in control!
Hallelujah! This truly is a
comfort. So why do I keep trying to snag
the reins from my Savior? Do you?
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