Let Me Handle it

"Come, behold the works of the LORD, who has wrought desolations in the earth. He makes wars to cease to the end of the earth; He breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two; He burns the chariots with fire. Cease striving and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth. The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our stronghold." Psalm 46.8-11

This is a verse I've been reading a lot over the last few years. It's my go to verse when I visit people in the hospital. It focuses on the power of God. It tells us not to worry, and that we don't have to fight the battle because God has taken away all of our weapons. He tells us that we simply need to know that He is God, that He will be exalted. We simply need to let Him be God and lay humbly at His feet.

Why do we struggle with this? The God who spoke the universe into existence, and maintains it says, "Let me handle your problems." He says, "I want your problems. I want them so badly that I'll list my resume to you, then I'll take away all of your tools, and then at that point I'll tell you to stop and simply sit and watch me work. Just let me handle it." And we don't let Him why?

There has been an issue in my life for a few months that I've been trying to deal with. It's caused trouble in so many ways. Over the past few months I've thought of ways to deal with it, some of them would be appropriate and some probably wouldn't be. But to all of them I keep hearing God say, "Let me handle it." Why don't I let Him?

I think there's something about being a guy that makes giving up a situation difficult. It gets even harder if you're a human guy. We like control, even when we only think we have it. We as men, love to fix things, we even try to when we know that we have no idea what we're doing and have no clue where to start. We insist that we can fix it, and most of the time we end up making it worse. That's what happened with me. Right from the beginning, God said, "Don't do it, let me take care of things." I failed to listen, and I made it worse.

It wouldn't have ever become a problem if I had simply listened right at the beginning. If I had simply been obedient. Now here it is months later and I feel that I'm just now beginning to get back to the point of peace that I had before it began. The chaos, stress, and anger that has been caused could all have been avoided had I simply remembered what God said, "Cease striving and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth."

When God says, "Let me handle it" let Him handle it. Before any issue ever comes He's seen it coming for thousands of years. He's been waiting for it and is ready to deal with it. The way He'll handle it is for His glory, and if it's for His glory that means it's ultimately the best possible solution for us. Having been there and disobeying, I can tell you it isn't worth it. When God says, "Let me handle it" trust that He will, then sit back and just watch Him work.

Peace be with you