Sometimes life can come at you so fast that it might seem like the only view of God that you get is in the moments of helplessness. And as long as the autopilot of your life is running without a problem, He might be missed for the ease of it all. But hit a bump in the road and all of the sudden that’s God’s fault. No repentance for trusting in the ease and becoming complacent, but only blame for the broken road.
Recently God threw a pothole into my nicely paved road. I was going along fine on cruse control and He decided that I had become too comfortable, so He broke my road. (I’ll leave the discussion of God breaking my road or me breaking it and God just letting it happen for another day). It doesn’t matter why the road is harder, it just is.
God didn’t break my road because He wanted to hurt me, He broke it to get my attention. He broke it to show me that I trusted too much in the journey, and not enough on Him who gives life and breath and all things. My life is not about how comfortably I make it to the finish line, but about how closely I trust in my redeemer.
My problems today are nothing when viewed through eternal eyes. And I would be arrogant to think that I could handle my problems on my own. Please pray for me and my family as we go through some growth in our lives (no, not the kind of growth that makes the family bigger, the spiritual kind). Pray for us that we would remain focused on who it is that can bring us out of the pit that we’ve gotten ourselves into.
Usually I feel in control of my life, but now all I feel is that helplessness that helps me to remember how small I am. Please pray that God would help me to remain focused on Him, and not just life. Nothing would be worse than missing God because of the beauty and peace of His creation.
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