Have Nothing To Do With,...

In our humanity, when there is a problem, we want to step in and fix it.  If we do nothing we feel that we are in error.  That somehow we are "less than" because we are not physically doing anything.  But I have found that sometimes there is nothing we can do.  In the natural realm anyway.

2 Timothy 2:22 - 26 ESV
So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.  HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH foolish, ignorant controversies; you know that they breed quarrels.  And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil, correcting his opponents with gentleness.  God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth, and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will.   

Oftentimes, the more we try to fix a situation, the more we fall into the snare of being quarrelsome, stirring up anything but peace, gentleness and kindness.  Our protective instincts will cause us to lash out and say hurtful things that cannot be taken back once cast upon the airwaves.  And the more you stir, the thicker it gets.  Tensions grow stronger and it just gets deeper and deeper.  Misunderstandings and misrepresentations of your words or reasons become a maze that is impossible to find your way through.  And the plot thickens,…

The best thing to do is not always the easiest or the most natural thing.  The best thing to do is pray, and pray, and pray.  Allow yourself the time and the quiet to hear what God wants you to do in a particular situation.  Then do it.  Take your hands off and trust in the hands of God.  Trust that He is able to work in situations where you cannot.  Trust that no one and no thing is beyond His grasp and His ability to handle.  He knows all about it.  He is the only One who knows every minute detail from the beginning to the end.  When He works in a situation there is hope - unending hope.

Today I choose to have nothing to do with a very tender situation in my life.  I am bowing out.  Stepping back.  I am going to live and love like there is no tomorrow.  Because there may not be,…  But there is a God Who holds tomorrow.  And I place this very tender situation, once again, into His very capable hands.  I will pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.

1. ’Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus,
   Just to take Him at His Word;
   Just to rest upon His promise,
   And to know, “Thus saith the Lord!”
   • Refrain:
     Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him!
     How I’ve proved Him o’er and o’er;
     Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus!
     Oh, for grace to trust Him more!
2. Oh, how sweet to trust in Jesus,
   Just to trust His cleansing blood;
   And in simple faith to plunge me
   ’Neath the healing, cleansing flood!
3. Yes, ’tis sweet to trust in Jesus,
   Just from sin and self to cease;
   Just from Jesus simply taking
   Life and rest, and joy and peace.
4. I’m so glad I learned to trust Thee,
   Precious Jesus, Savior, Friend;
   And I know that Thou art with me,
   Wilt be with me to the end.

Amen.