At times life has a way of speeding up and before you know it, it becomes overwhelming. I confess this has been how my summer has unfolded. I find myself grabbing and holding unto life with an effort trying to keep control. When there are concerns out of my control and l try to do too many things in the hours I have in a day I begin to fret. Fretting can turn into a spin and I lose sight of hope. Everything I grasp to get of control it seems control is out of reach, Basically I feel frantic. I wonder does this ever happen to you?
God used catastrophic events in my life to teach me about where I have control and where I need to let Him be in control. He is all powerful and He is waiting to handle my situations, but it is my choice to let go and trust Him for what I am facing.
Trust is a difficult thing both with human relationships and with situations where trusting requires not seeing the end from the beginning. It does not seem logical to trust but this is what God wants us to do.
God’s manual for life is the Bible. In it He reminds us of His desire to love, guide and strengthen us. One of His commands is,” Be still and know that I am God”. (Psalm 46:10 NIV) “BE STILL” and “KNOW GOD”? These are powerful words, however not easy to do.
Through different seasons in my life He has impressed these principals on me in order for me to live a life with hope and grace. I confess I struggle with this often but when I let go and trust God, He is always faithful and carries me through. I am always amazed with the outcome, He knows the end from the beginning and when I trust and take my hands off, I fly through the situation. But I must let go and trust and let Him carry me through.
Recently I was reading about a trapeze artist in Germany, Rodleigh, and the art of flying through the air:
"It is as a flyer, I must have complete trust in my catcher. The public might think that I am the great star of the trapeze, but the real star is Joe, my catcher. He has to be there for me with split-second precision and grab me out of the air as I come to him in the long jump. The secret is the flyer does nothing and the catcher does everything. When I fly to Joe, I have to simply stretch out my arms and hands and wait for him to catch me and pull me safely over the apron behind the catch bar.
The worst thing the flyer can do is to try to catch the catcher. I am not supposed to catch Joe. It’s Joe’s task to catch me. If I grabbed Joe’s wrists, I might break them, or he might break mine, and that would be the end for both of us. A flyer must fly, and a catcher must catch, and the flyer must trust, with outstretched arms that his catcher will be there for him."
And so it is in life. The real star is Jesus and He is waiting for me to simply stretch out my arms and hands and wait for Him to catch me and fly and live my life with ease.
Jessie and her husband, Dan have been attending Eagle for a couple of years. Together they run a non-profit, Solution for Life that focuses on supporting individuals in finding the solution they are looking for in life: Jesus.