I stood on a rope bridge with wooden slats that stretched as far as my eyes could see. It had a rope railing that offered little to no hope of safety. In fact, the bridge was so wide I could not hold on to both sides at the same time. I had an understanding that straight ahead was goodness and behind me was evil. Then a shock wave rippled through the bridge, causing giant vertical waves, threatening to toss me off. I understood that if I didn’t continue to fight to reach the side of goodness, the bridge would throw me to the evil side. But I did not know how in the world I could do it. If I could get to kneeling, then I could crawl to safety. But this would be nearly impossible and most definitely painful.
I realized fighting would take all my energy and I could do nothing else but stay on the bridge. No forward movement could happen.
He allowed time for frustration to build as I tried to design all potential scenarios in my head for how to make this turn out successfully. It was just not possible.
Then I gave up my own answers.
“Help.”
“Allow Me to reconfigure your thinking on how to cross the bridge. Come up higher.”
Immediately, I went to the top of the supports of the bridge and stood on a thick, twisted cable. It created a perfectly still narrow path, and it had support ropes that ran diagonally upward from it every six inches, creating a more secure railing than below. Not to mention the peace that permeated far above the bridge. It was as if the thick clouds created buffers of sound and swathed me in softness, a large contrast to the turbulent chaos below.
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His perspective is far above ours. Why is it we forget this so easily and work so hard to make our own way? We attempt to solve our problems by working harder, under the guidance of our feeble understanding.
Is it our pride, stubbornness, or our forgetful and ungrateful hearts?
Or maybe it’s a combination of things. Whatever it is, stop fighting and release it to the Lord. Just admit you don’t know how to do it. Without His intervention, you cannot see a way out.
Believe me, your chaos won’t surprise Him. I’m always happy when I finally surrender my madness to Him. I hope as I mature in my walk that I’ll get quicker with releasing my will to download His wisdom.
Pray for godly friends who can remind you to stop toiling and ask for help.
Isaiah 43:19, ESV
“Behold, I am doing a new thing;
now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?
I will make a way in the wilderness
and rivers in the desert.”
Prayer for you and me: Lord, I’m facing the impossible. Nothing I do can fix this situation. I need your omniscient, ever-faithful guidance. Show me a way in the wilderness. Your salvation for such a time as this. I acknowledge You as my Lord and Savior and lay down my own willful and stubborn heart. Help. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
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