One man’s voice Thoughts, rants and commentary from a husband, father of five and professional web geek

A little word for the harried

You ever had one of those days? You know, the kind that start out like you woke up in hell and by the end of the day Satan had promoted you to CEO with a long-term contract? Well for me, yesterday was one heck of a day.

Last night I was at church and I was having a bad day. I couldn't get out the house for the life of me this morning. The shirt I wanted to wear was stained. The pants I wanted to wear were nowhere to be found. I had no socks and I still, for three days running, could not find my car keys. My nice watch that I got for Christmas is not working right, my favorite pen was not in my drawer, and when I left the house this morning, I found out that I had no gas in my car.

The day seemed to get worse as time went by, and as I arrived at church I was in no mood to be at church. As I sat in worship I realized that my mood seriously needed to change. As I began to loosen up I felt the Holy Spirit impress upon me that there is only room for one god in anyone's life. As I began to worship more I began to receive more.

I realized that it is tough being a man (or woman). And it is even tougher being God... when you are a man. Man was not meant to be God. We were meant to serve God. When we try to reverse the roles, we take a place that rightfully belongs to God. Since God is ever patient, He will let you go on trying to be him, banging your head against the wall, being frustrated at traffic, people that don't do what you want and things that don't happen as they would "if you were God."

There is only room for one God
God has a place all His own. He relinquishes that place to no man. The Word says that God is no respecter of persons, so it stands to reason that no matter who you are, saved or unsaved, Christian or not, God will view your position as His created the same as it relates to covering you.

When we put God in that place in which He naturally belongs, He can do things that He naturally does. When we put our hearts, souls and minds in the place in which the naturally belong, we then can do the things that we naturally do. That means that when we give our situation over to our Lord, He takes them and makes the holy and righteous. And we can then go about serving Him as we are supposed to. It is what we are meant to do naturally, and when we keep everything in the order it is meant to be in, things work out naturally.

So today, as you read this, test yourself. Ask if there is something going on that you might best be served by letting go and letting God. Then do it. And see if God won't show up for you. After all, that is what our God does. Naturally.