PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER
You know those times, don’t
you? I’m talking about those situational
moments when things seem to unravel at a faster pace than you can put them back
in place. Unquestionably, life has so
many moving parts, so many known and unknown pieces, that sometimes it feels
difficult (if not impossible) to juggle all of your tasks, demands and
challenges. But there is a solution.
Wisdom often originates in
unexpected places. How I love this story!
Dad was sitting watching
television, when his little boy came running over. “Daddy, can you play
with me?”
Dad enjoys playing with his
son, and plans to give him plenty of time, but not just yet. “Soon, son, soon” says Dad. “When this
program finishes.”
Five minutes later the little boy returns. “Daddy, can we play
now?”
“Soon, son, soon. When this
program finishes.”
Two minutes later the little boy returns again. “Daddy, is it time
to play yet?”
Dad now realizes he’s not going to get any peace, so he decides to
give his son a task that will take some time. He notices a picture of the world on the front
page of a magazine. He tears the picture
out and rips it into small pieces. “Now
son, I’ve got a game for you. Take the
pieces of this picture of the world and put them back together again and then
we’ll play together.”
The little boy eagerly takes the pieces away with him and sets to
work. Dad’s relieved that he’ll get to
see the last half hour of his TV program. But to his amazement his little boy is back in
less than five minutes. “I’ve finished Daddy. Can we play now?”
The father is stunned when he turns around to see his son holding
up the picture of the world, with each piece taped into the right position. Dad begins wondering whether he has a child
prodigy on his hands.
“How did you get that done
so quickly?” he asks. “That would’ve taken me a good 20 minutes and I’m an
adult.”
“Oh, it was really easy
Daddy,” his son replied excitedly. On
the back of the world was a picture of a person. I put the person together and that’s when the
world came together!”
My friend, how do you put your world together? How do you make sense of your world and manage
to find your way through it?
Here is a practical and
positive solution for conquering chaotic conditions. JESUS is on the other side of each and every
life puzzle. If you will only pause
before panicking and SEEK HIS FACE (instead of anxiously searching for your own
solutions), HE will endow you with the strength, sensibility and stability to
handle it.
When You said, “Seek My face,” my
heart said to You, “Your face, Lord, I will seek.” (Psalm 27:8)
But seek first the kingdom of God and His
righteousness, and all these
things shall be added to you. (Matthew 6:33)
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