The Times News has teamed up with area clergy to share ‘Words of Comfort’ twice a week in our print edition and online at . Any member of the clergy who’d like to get involved can contact Allison Winters at awinters@sixriversmedia.com.
The Times News has teamed up with area clergy to share ‘Words of Comfort’ twice a week in our print edition and online at . Any member of the clergy who’d like to get involved can contact Allison Winters at awinters@sixriversmedia.com.
I had the blessing of taking a little boy (he sometimes calls me grandpa) to Kid’s Fishing Day.
A lot of work for the adult, but a lot of fun and excitement for him. He was excited and had lots of fun.
I recovered from the hustle and bustle of it. After he caught his fish, we went home.
I was tasked with the dreaded task of cleaning them. I did, and as you can guess, I had a little helper. He mostly supervised. However, he wanted me to let him use the filleting knife.
No matter how hard or how much I tried to explain why he should not be allowed to use it, he just would not accept it. He just keep saying, “But why?â€.
He just couldn’t comprehend what might go wrong. I just couldn’t see what could go right. Finally, he came to the conclusion that he was not going to get to use it and went to play.
We are that way with God sometimes. We think we know how things should be done. We want things done our way.
Often we get angry when it doesn’t happen our way. Sometimes because of impatience and/or because we think we know best. It seems like we don’t trust that God will do it to meet our standards. How arrogant of us. That is pride, and pride comes before a fall.
In the Garden of Eden we wanted to be like God and ate the fruit that God told us not to eat. How did that work out for us?
Often we don’t follow the advice given in Proverbs 3:5, which is “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.â€
And we don’t trust what we are told in Romans 8:28: “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.â€
We need to put our trust in the Lord and have faith that it will work out. God doesn’t need us to micromanage him. Just the opposite, we need him to manage us.
Rev. Shane Wallace is pastor at Coeburn Methodist Church.
