Oct 10 2009
God Will Hold On
Being a parent is full of life’s trials. I just don’t know what to expect from my child. As a toddler, she’s adventurous, curious, and brave. She’ll try to explore everything and do anything, on her own! When she discovered she could run, she ran – a lot! As a 40-year old, it’s tough for me to keep up! One thing I observed she likes to do is to let go of my hand when crossing the street, or walking on the parking lot. Both my wife and I have this huge fear of her being struck by a car. It was a common occurrence, we heard so many stories about accidents with children and cars. I’m so worried, I’ll raise my voice, and sometimes spank my child, so that she’ll listen and hold on to my hand while crossing the street.
Then I realized, God is doing the same to me! He would tell me with a “loud voice” and “spanking” to get my attention that danger is ahead. He’ll tell me through grief and pain. They’re the loudest signal God can ever send to me. He wants to hold on to my hands while I cross that busy street, or unpredictable parking lot. He knows what’s ahead because He’s bigger, and I’m not.
Once He gets a hold of me, I don’t have to worry any more! I have to let God hold me.
He’s in control. Always will be!
In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
