It's complicated seems to be a way of life anymore, doesn't it? Whether it's our money, our governments, our marriages, our addictions, our regrets...it's all so complicated.
Once things get complicated, it seems like it never gets any easier either. We're told when we are young and going to school that if we think that's tough just wait until we're grown. When we get grown (we even call it "being out on our own") we feel pressure to be successful and we measure ourselves constantly against our peers. The pressure to keep up complicates our marriages and then we go and put all of that same pressure on our kids! It all adds up and before we know it we feel like we're drowning and we're pulling everyone around us down with us.
So we go to other extremes. We go to great lengths to numb the pain and the pressure by lying to ourselves. We've created a world for ourselves where whatever you want to believe is fine, where there are no losers and everyone wins, where anything goes, and that behavior directly mimics that of a drug addict. You get high and then, when the high wears off you have to get higher and do it quicker the next time.
That's the bad news. The good news, the really great news, is that we were never meant to have to deal with all of that alone! We are going to have more in our lives than we can handle...no way around it. But we have the Ace in our hand...the ultimate backup plan.
God is the great simplifier. He is the big secret that people seem to forget all too easily. He wants us to seek Him out and, when we do, to seek Him as a child. Take a look...
Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these." -- Matthew 19:14
Keep things simple. There are things you can control, so focus on those things. Put your trust completely on God and let Him have all of that other stuff that is going on in your life. Want to know how powerful God really is?
He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. -- Isaiah 40:29-31
Let God take everything that has weighed you down and carry it for you. Let Him be your strength and your shield.
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