“Who came up with this idea?”
I grunted as I smacked yet another mosquito lunching on my forearm. My daughter’s attempts at smashing the already bent portion of one tent rod into the other went on perpetually. Then comically, the other side popped out the second she got the current one in. Finally, at my wit’s end, I called for a truce with the tent. My grumbly group of four mosquito-bitten children stood at the ready for their fearless leader’s next command.
“I am about to do something drastic, guys. I will read the tent’s instructions.”
Why did we fail so miserably? We always had what we needed—the right number of hands and the right amount of desire to see the task through. We even had the folded, unopened instruction sheet. However, we were not communicating and moving as a unit. Instead, we all did our best in the way we thought was best, never consulting the tent manufacturer’s directions.
Churches sometimes do this. All the members do what they think is best instead of what God instructs. This also happens when we forget the Lord desires to teach us because He is our loving and kind God. Instead, we try with all our might to solve our problems. He doesn’t want to see us struggle without Him. We have the instruction manual on how to do life. We just need to open it.
When we open God’s Word, we will be delighted to read that we have a loving Father who is for us, not against us. His instructions bring us life, not heartaches.
Is it time to call a truce on the battles in your life and ask the Creator for His plan? Then lift your soul to the Lord and rest because you can trust Him to instruct you in all areas of your life.
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Heather Roberts is the mother of four and a wife to an amazing husband. You can find her at www.heathernroberts.com, where she writes about the encouraging insights the Lord has graciously given her, on Instagram at heather.n.roberts, and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/heather.roberts.90281943. She loves to read and garden and is always scoping out other people’s landscapes. Chocolate is her arch-nemesis, and she cherishes time spent in the pursuit of God’s voice.