“……What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.” – Job 2:10
It’s a tough lesson to learn but we all have to realize that there are many things we can’t change or control. Parents know this well. From the moment their child is weaned they struggle to teach them that they can’t always get what they want. Truth is, that’s a lesson most parents have never learned. Contentment is not a strong point for most of us. We tend to complain and we usually feel justified because things are not as they should be, or as we wish they were. Due to our stubborn nature that’s a bitter pill to swallow. Our sinful flesh is insistent on getting what it desires and rises up in rebellion anytime it is deprived. And that creates a world of problems. The only change that comes from that is from bad to worse.
Peace is only possible when we are willing to accept what we can’t control or change, when we are willing to make the best out of a bad situation. Resenting it and fighting against it is a losing battle. We must face the facts. Sometimes our situation is what it is and we have to live with it. Make no mistake about it, there are many things that need to be changed in this wicked world. Even God isn’t satisfied with some things and He will eventually change them, but for now we must live with them as they are. Our greater desire should be “Lord change me”. That’s something, with God’s help, that we can do something about. -HDS
David Stone
Lakeway Baptist Church
5801 FM 1960 E
Humble, TX. 77346
