In My Head

Well, I couldn’t sleep.  Tossed most of the night.  The cares of this world from time to time seem to win the battle at hand…in my head.  In my head the resources don’t seem to match the needs; the personalities don’t match the tasks; the objectives don’t match the overall goals; the behaviors don’t match the culture…In my head.  In my head is where I rationalize and strategize.  In my head is where I do the math and count what I see and have directly in front of me.  In my head I don’t factor in faith, because in my head I’m working with what I have…in my hand…what I see.

I started reading Psalm 62 and then over to John 3…and was reminded that it isn’t what I have in my hand but what I have in my heart.  “For God alone my soul waits in silence;
from him comes my salvation.  He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be greatly shaken” (Psalm 62:1-2).  “A person cannot receive even one thing unless it is given him from heaven” (John 3:27).  Once again the Word of the Lord reminds me that it isn’t what I see that counts but what I don’t see.  If I could see it I wouldn’t need faith.  To paraphrase Francis Chan, if everything I have in hand made life comfortable, then why would I need the Comforter?   In my heart I know that every need is met by Him, every truth will be known, every challenge addressed, every question answered.  This truth resonates to every corner of my being.  It isn’t blind faith because I’ve been here before and the anticipated solution(s) I have seen before.  The results don’t always look exactly like what I was expecting, but at the end of the day the need was met.  So, it is to God alone that I turn to and wait, knowing that everything I (we) need will come from Him and Him alone.  It sometimes takes me awhile but I get there…I get it…I know it…even in my head.   Have a great day!  Fully Ignited,  Mike