From a brother's blog...
“The shortest distance between a problem and a solution is the distance between your knees and the floor.”To humble ourselves and to fall tearily to the ground is not easy.
Gandhi has said that forgiveness is a virtue of the strong, for the weak can never forgive.
Likewise, only the strength of faith and character can allow us to fall at the feet of Jesus.
It's never about the magnitude of your problem but the strength of Him who is capable of sorting it out. Having total faith means we let go of ourselves and quit struggling under the weight of our problems.
I think God yearns to walk with us 'in the cool of the day' as he did with Adam in the Garden of Eden. He wants a relationship and that's impossible if there's something between us.
Falling on your knees is like hoisting your burdens off your shoulders. And reaching out to God's outstretched arm is like letting him pick the burden up for you, to hoist it on His shoulders.
And He will lift you up to your feet, and together we will walk in the cool of another war-torn day.
God's not a drug. He isn't trivial. He isn't a conjurer of cheap tricks. He can't be summoned - He has to be invited and sometimes it's just a joy when He turns up when you least expect Him to.
Our problems won't always fade once we get off the floor, but we will be strengthened beyond measure to know that He walks with us. Someone's said before that God made this world both beautiful and dangerous so that his children will grow up strong. I believe that's how it's supposed to be. I'm sure we're all struggling with something. Or something is weighing us down.
The solution isn't very far. It's between your knees and the floor.
-Kelvin Caleb-
posted by Al @ 2:55 am
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