There was a little boy who was trying to carry a huge sack of rice. He tried, but the heavy sack didn’t move at all. His father saw this, and asked him, “Son, are you using all your strength?” The boy said, “Yes, I am.” The dad replied, “No, you’re not. You haven’t asked me to help you.”
We call God our Father Almighty. Being Christians, we know beyond any doubt that he is Almighty, he is All-Powerful. And yet we always try to challenge him, as if wanting to prove to him that we’re stronger or more capable than him. Somehow we always prefer to take control of everything, to take things into our own hands, to depend only on our human strength, instead of allowing God to take over. Only when we’re out of resources then maybe we turn to God in desperation.
Ps 46 reminds us:
God is for us a refuge and strength,
a helper close at hand, in time of distress.
The Lord of hosts is with us,
The God of Jacob is our stronghold.
Let us be assured that God the Emmanuel is always with us; he is a helper close at hand. Let us, then, surrender our whole self to him as the Master of our plans; and not treat him merely as a backup plan.
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Stay tuned for the next post by Bro Alphonsus Dominic on 11th Feb 2010.
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