Real Power
February 19th, 2011
Psalm 121:2, “My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth!”
This week has been one of those weeks, good stuff bad stuff, crappy stuff and great stuff. Just a normal “day in the life.” Yesterday I was struggling (mentally) with some health issues a couple of family members were dealing with. You know how it goes…the brain goes round and round and round and round and round and suddenly, at least for me, I lose my eyesight because a visual migraine has crept in and BAM! I’m on my back with a migraine headache with about 70% of my vision gone. I haven’t had a migraine like that one for months but it always serves as a great reminder to me that I’m working on something in my brain that I just do not have the ability to understand and deal with. On a side note; the side effects of Jay trying to fix something by himself in his crazy little brain, is eating too many carbs and that also precipitates a migraine…the perfect storm.
Finally, at about 8 o’clock in the evening, I decided I needed to get some fresh air as my eyesight had returned, so I went outside and dug into a pile of firewood that needed stacking. I began stacking the wood and suddenly the thought came to my mind “Jay-you haven’t turned this crap over to God since this morning, why don’t you give up what you are trying to fix and let God give it a try?” Duhhh…so I did it. I turned what I was “working on” in my brain over to God and shazzaam I felt much better as a peace came over me, and everytime the thoughts crept back in, I turned them back over to God.
It always amazes me how long we hang onto crap that we cannot fix and have absolutely no control over.
I love the Psalm above and you’ve got to think David was being somewhat sarcastic when he wrote it…”I get my help from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.” Yeah, he made heaven, earth and everything in-between…maybe, just maybe he can help me with my little problems that turn into blindness and a painful migraine.
Why do we try to fix or change things we have no control over? I think it has something to do with our need to use our “will power.” Life is so much easier to live when we tap into His “real power” and choose to become His vessel instead of trying to be Him.
P.E.A.C.E.