Me Worry? Nahh.....
I had a challenging few days business
wise last week. I don’t need to get into
details. But legal threats were flying
and I had to confront some situations that had needed to get confronted for a
while. I really stink in these
situations and avoid them at all cost.
As the dust began to settle I began rehearsing over in my mind what was
said, and how I could have handled the situation possibly better. While I tried to be in peace and let it go, I
didn’t sleep for at least one night and replayed everything too many times.
While discussing this all with my
father, my dad began to instruct me in a way only my father can. I explained to him what happened and while
his response seemed simple it was so wise.
“It seems to me,” he responded, “you
stood up, and was right to defend yourself.
If this situation turns ugly then so be it. Stop worrying about it.”
“Yes, I’m working on it dad.” I responded knowing he was right.
“Don’t just work on it, but let it
go. It’s over. Worrying is not going to change anything.”
“I know you’re right.”
“Then stop worrying.”
Everything my father said just
reiterated what God says in these matters.
Matthew 6 talks a lot about how we shouldn’t worry.
Can any one
of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?
As much as I knew it wasn’t going to
help anything to worry I still found myself in the circle, with the simple
words of my father it reminded me how silly it was for me to hold onto all of
this negative drama. I had to choose to
let it go.
How
easy it is for all of us to get caught up in holding onto the ‘what if’s’ in
life. In my case I’d stood up to what
seemed to be a “goliath”, and nowhere in the Bible do you see after David stood
up to Goliath did he worry about offending people, or how he came across. He faced the giant, and moved on with his
life. You can’t walk in your life backwards
. . . it’ll just make you trip. You have
to choose not to worry, and choose to move forward. Whatever storms and goliaths you face in your
life, you have to choose to give it to God.
You have to choose to do what my daddy told me, and just let it go.
Remember God has awesome plans for
your life. Get excited!
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