When I was younger, we had a dog who lived in a kennel, which was made out of chicken wire, and covered on the top. One day it was my job to put the dog in the kennel for the night, and I noticed a drab little brown bird was in our German shepherd’s kennel. I tried to shoo her out, but she was terrified of me. While the dog was delighted with the possibility of spending the night with this delectable little tidbit, I decided I had to get her out of there or I would worry about that bird all night long. So I went about to catch her. It was not easy. She simply refused to go near the opening, and I finally caught her with my hands and took her out. By this time there was little life left in the poor thing. (More than if the dog had done the catching!) Many flight feathers were gone, and the bird was panting with its beak open. I set her down and watched for a while and she eventually recovered and flew away.
Why am I saying this? I want to talk about humility.
1Pe 5:6-7 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: (7) Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
Humbling ourselves means we let God take us in His hand. If we act like a wild bird, thrashing and fighting over everything that looks frightening to us, we will only destroy our own lives. We need to stop fighting, fold the wings, and trust that God is good, and will take care of us.
I wonder how many times I’ve frustrated God by my worry and fret, or by resistance and anger when He only wants to help me? I wonder how much pain I’ve brought into my own life by thrashing around for my survival instead of putting it in His hand and letting Him have His way in my life?
4 comments:
A good story with a spiritual point. Good preaching.
In reading it I also discovered an advantage of becoming old.
With my memory failing me I get to hear good stories for the first time every time I hear them. This is even if I was in the story.
I'll try not to thrash around so much .
HTOITA
This was a great post. I just want to always give my hand to the Lord and let Him lead me. I get into trouble when I do my own leading. Thank you, connie from Texas
Sarah Joy, good post. Since the beginning of this year, we have faced trials in our family where I have had to make a choice to worry in my circumstances or rest in my Saviour. My human nature started out with worrying. I have made myself physically sick with worry. But then came to a point where I gave it all over into the hands of my sweet Heavenly Father and let me tell you, the rest is so much nicer than the worry! We're fortunate to have a Heavenly Father to take our burdens upon Himself. And you know what else I found during that time? That I can't solve my own problems. I found out that when I gave my problems into His hands and got out of His way, he was able to work a lot faster. :)
~Kristi
This is really good!!
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