Today
is the 7th day of 2018 and yet I am still trying to figure out how
my year will be. I have often found myself spending much of my mental time
figuring out how things are going, how they went or how things will go. No
matter how hard I think, there is always that unknown thing that surpasses my
own understanding. Yes, I desire to know and understand many things but I have
found myself needing more knowledge, wisdom and understating. Actually, there
are times when I wonder what I got for myself.
Are
you like me and have moments when you wish you knew what you could not know? Do
you have moments when you begin to think that you are not good enough? Life may
bring situations to us that are beyond our control. Some of these happenings
may even be hard to bare. We try to look for solutions to our problems but
instead sink farther into the very problems we want to solve. We end up blaming
others or ourselves for every bad thing that happens to us. It becomes hard to
let go and move on with life. This is perhaps why there are many problems in
the world. The more we try to figure things out without involving God the more
we escalate the situations. Our personal rest turns into anxiety and
depression.
Biblical
characters like David also faced difficult situations. They also had those
moments when they failed to have their lives figured out. Lets us ponder on the
Psalmist’s words “Yes, my soul, finds rest in God; my hope comes from him. Truly,
he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken. My
salvation and my honor depend on God; he is my mighty rock, my refuge “(Psalm
62:5-7). David acknowledged that he could not figure things out. He, however,
knew someone who had it all figured out. He was in a perfect relationship with
this guy that figures it all for us. His name is Jesus. His trust in the Lord no
matter what life brought to him (Good or bad) earned him the title of a man
after God’s own heart.
Friends,
I do not know what you are going through but I know the one who knows it all.
He is willing to Journey 2018 with you and he will figure out every detail in
your favor. There is no need of being overwhelmed by things beyond our
potentials. There is, however, a need to surrender it all to God. We have to
trust in the one who has it all figured out for our good and his Glory.
