Thursday I spent a little time with a buddy of mine who happened to be watching one of those reality shows that I don't particularly care for. So I wasn't paying the show much mind, but something one girl said caught my attention. The young woman has an issue that was causing her problems and was beyond her control to correct. At one point during one of those talk to the camera so the audience can hear what the rest of the people in the show can't moments, she said that maybe if she could show God that she could stay strong and not give up she'd be ok.
That was the saddest thing, and in a momentary lapse was probably the most real moment of this so called reality tv show. We feel like that sometimes I think. Like God is up there acting like a 7-year-old boy putting things on us to see how much we can take before we break. Here's another straw. Still pushing through itt! Here's another one. Broke the camel's back! When we start feeling and thinking like that it's easy to start feeling that if we can impress him (Oh cool, look how strong and determined he is!) God will take away our load and go play with somebody else.
The problem is that God isn't a 7-year-old with sadistic curiosity. He's our Daddy, He already knows how much we can take better than we do, and He loves us. God doesn't ever want us to show Him how strong we are. He wants us to show Him how reliant upon Him we are and how much we trust Him. When the load starts getting heavy and the pain starts, it's not the time to be strong. It's time to say Jesus share your yoke with me! That way if we're pulling a plow that isn't His, we can stop. That's easier. Or, if it is a burden or a thorn He's given us, His grace takes over where our determination to do it ourselves ends. The sooner that happens, the better and easier it is.
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