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 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 young son 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 starts
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)
Sisters and
brothers, be continually blessed, and please (above all else) MAKE SURE YOU ARE
READY TO MEET OUR SOON COMING KING. Maranatha!
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