He’s STILL making things better
I was reading this morning about facing fear. It is an interesting topic. I talk a good talk about not living in fear. I preach it. That’s what the Word of God says, after all.
And then I look at everything I have to do and the magnitude of it all and the very real chance that I might be setting myself up to crash and burn…and sometimes all that preaching goes out the window.
The good thing about grace though, is that I can pick things up again this morning and try again.
Saturday I was doing fine, even a bit gung-ho. Sunday morning was great. Then we had a business meeting here at the church and the financial report was a bit scary. And I began to feel the weight of it all and wonder how in the world we were going to make everything work. (And that on the heels of preaching that Jesus was STILL in the business of making things better…)
Monday I was just tired.
Tuesday (today) rolled around and I read some guy telling me how I need to live beyond the fear in order to do something real and important. I’m pretty certain he’s right.
Fortunately today has a certain promise to it; today is a new day and by God’s grace my weeny Monday can be replaced by something bigger and better today. Today I’ll look in the mirror and preach the sermon again to that guy and pray that whatever it is that brought on the fear yesterday would be overcome one more time today.
Because Jesus is STILL in the business of making things better.
(by the way, for those who are wondering the book was Don Miller’s A Million Miles in a Thousand Years, check it out at http://donmilleris.com/ )
