Life hanging by a thread

Have you ever had the feeling that your whole life is hanging by just a very thin thread? That everything you’ve worked really hard to build can just crumble at any moment?

You’re not alone. There are days I wake up feeling the same way. When that’s the case my prayer to God is: -”Father, give me wisdom to keep things together! Help me not to screw things up! Help me not to waste away this one shot I’ve got!” Surprisingly, time will go by and I get no tips and advice from him. Which makes me think that he only shares these wisdom tips with guys like Andy Stanley or John Maxwell.

Instead, what I get from God when I pray my feelings out to him are two reminders.

1. That my life and the things I have are extremely fragile and that nothing in this world is meant to last. Today I was in a room full of pastors listening to another pastor that once had a large church. And as looked around the room I saw a guy in a wheel chair. Another one who had lost his family to a divorce. Another one that had filled for bankruptcy not too long ago.

2. That because none of these things were meant to last, they are no solid ground for me to build my life upon. While my family, my ministry, my health, my money are all great things, they are not made to meet the deepest longings of my heart. I am called to steward them well but exhorted not to build my identity around them. So that if  once day I  lose them (God forbid), they will feel like a blow to my branches but never a blow to my roots.

I guess God reminds me of these things so that I would always stay grounded on the truth of the Gospel which tells me that I am loved beyond all measure. That wether I have it all together or  have it all spread out over the floor, God loves me the same. Life can change but this will never change.

“On Christ the solid Rock I stand,
All other ground is sinking sand;
All other ground is sinking sand”.

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009 at 10:05 PM in Pastor Felipe. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.