Danny was chopping wood while we were off due
to the icy weather. He came back into the house and blood was on his cheek! A
small stick he was chopping had flown up and him in the face, shattering the
left lens of his glasses. As we looked
closely, we discovered there was glass in his eye! He fished one piece out himself, and it felt
better. But there were small fragments everywhere, so we decided that our
optometrist could probably see better than us if there was more glass in his
eye. Off we went in the sleet and mess! Sure enough, under closer examination,
with delicate instruments, four more pieces of glass were deftly removed from
his eye. The doctor was amazed! He said to Danny that he would have had to call
911 and would have been rolling in the floor in agony had that been his eye –
“You must be tough!”
As we got new glasses ordered, Danny told the
optician the glasses he had should have
been safety glass, and she said that it was indeed safety glass and that the
damage would have been much worse had it not been.
Two lessons come to mind as I think back on the
event. Danny had been splitting wood, and the big stuff had caused no problem.
But that small stick about as big around as a walking staff, wreaked havoc.
Many times we go through issues and problems and situations and they’re big. We
walk with God and we give those huge things to Him and He walks us through it.
But the little stuff, those things we think we can handle ourselves can cause
big problems!
The words of the optician about the safety
glass reminds me that our problems can be awful, our hurts can be huge, our
lives can appear to be dangling in thin air, but God is our safety! Without His
safety over our lives, imagine what damage would occur! Even when we’re in the
midst of problems, God is covering us with Himself and all that He is!
Oh beloved, what an awesome morning to be
reminded to let God have your troubles! Let Him be the safety net between you
and life. Run to Him often, take every care to Him. His Word is so perfect that
He can point out the little things that you might miss. He has all your hopes
and cares and dreams in His hands. Your problems are not bigger than the Lord! Let Him examine every area of your life so
that you will be free of hidden problems that would cause extreme hurts later.
Give Him the little problems as well as the big ones. And know that He can see
so much more clearly than you can. He
knows your heart and He wants to bless every area of it. He wants you to be
free of man’s thinking, free of fleshly responses and free to be all that He
has for you. This Great Physician loves
you beyond your wildest imagination and has a Vision Plan created with you in
mind – to bless you, to keep you and to guide you all the days of your life!
1 Samuel 25:29 “Even when you are chased by
those who seek to kill you, your life is safe in the care of the Lord your God,
secure in His treasure pouch! But the lives of your enemies will disappear like
stones shot from a sling!
Proverbs 18:10 The name of the Lord is a
strong fortress; the godly run to him and are safe.
Psalm 139:23-24 Search me, O God, and know my
heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out anything in me that
offends you, and lead me along the path
of everlasting life.
