[This reflection was published in the weekly news bulletin of Horley Baptist Church, October 2016]
There is, at least on my part, a gentle panic that sets in as the deadline to submit the article for ‘Yours’ approaches. It is even less gentle when you realise that you don’t appear to have received inspiration for what to write!
God is faithful and in Church this last Sunday, inspiration came when we were asked to turn to each other and find out from the person next to us how the past week had been and whether there were moments when God had seemed particularly close, or perhaps distant.
One of the people in our little huddle talked about how it had been a rather difficult week and he found that he kept tripping over his feet. He then said he was sure things wouldn’t be so bad if he would just listen to God and wear slim fit jeans rather than flares. He might trip over them less often. It would also help, he said, if he would wear the spectacles God provided rather than his own sunglasses – at least he might see his feet and avoid tripping!
Isaiah 53 verse 6 in the New Living Translation states that “All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God’s paths to follow our own”. How often do we decide to pay heed to Frank Sinatra’s words do things our own way and then wonder why things aren’t going right?
Jesus says that he is the way, the truth and the light. He asks us to come to him, to lay down our burdens, to take the load which he gives us, for it is easy and light and we will find rest for our souls. Are you struggling, stumbling around, tripping up? Then, perhaps it’s time for God’s spectacles and skinny jeans, rather than sunshades and flares. As was said in our little huddle last Sunday, if God is your tailor, trust that he knows what will fit you.
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