That thing we do…

This has been lolling in my head for a while but space, time, and will hasn’t afforded transition from thought to action.

I was going to suggest how funny it is, but would rather call it stupid instead. Imagine suffering from a congenital disease that got treated but with qualified advice to stay off its triggers but by dint of whats not readily defined, there just happens to be occassional destructive tendencies of activating or inculcating in this triggers. The stupidity then becomes manifest with the next action of rather running away or staying put from the doctor or physician or prescriptions necessary for healing.

The above seems the perfect example of the actions i have seen replayed over time as per our walk with the Lord. For most, its a sin or misdemeanour they find themselves in despite repeated vows to never engage in same. For the rest of this sizable group of real beings, its what happens when things refuse to play out as we will have it. It could range from Calculus induced headache or another academic imbroglio, to a business going downhill that will not just break through to a spouse that won’t just tow the path of peace and progress. Whatever it is; its usually a function of an incapability, limitation, or weakness.

While its natural to feel this things and experience this strains, what do we do. Often than not, we loose our groove. We find it hard to open the bible for our quiet time. We find it hard to offer a prayer of thanks to God for all His other innumerable blessings. Some of us even go the extent of being shorn of the deisre to fellowship with others or attend church service. The time to run to the source – the Limitless one in whom our help is sure is then turned otherwise to a time of solitude and self destructive pull-back or draw-back from the redemption and healing we so dearly seek.

I do not come to offer pedagogies or philosophical teachings here. I have only come to charge myself as with any other being that will read this someday that NOTHING should ever be strog enough to take us away from our arsenal. God is the only sure help we have. We have got to wisen up to the level of those young Israelites – Daniel, Shedrack, Menshack and Abednego who threw it all at God in the face of the prospect of being roasted alive and later on being meal to hungry lions, even to the extent of agreeing to loose to God, if He chooses to not save them, rather than save themselves by bowing to earthly gods.

I can be forgiven to assume non of our situations is as dire as that of those young men. But what are those earthly gods we bow to by running away from God or refusing to commune with Him. What sin, loss, lack, trouble, crisis or challenge can be strong enough to yank our thoughts from God’s capability while instead focusing on our own handicaped and incapacitated beings? Wouldnt it be wise to rather hold on to what He is capable of making of our situations instead of dammning ourselves to the throes of guilt, self-pity and hopelessness.

The charge to us this day is therefore to turn it all to God and allow Him do as He wills and can cos by the way, how many of us can really piece anything together with our worries? Shouldn’t we rather stick with the one that has the medications for our ailings instead of running away to our detriments and subsequent destruction.

Afterall, its easier.