About a week ago, on my way to work, I almost hit a bird. I was driving along, minding my own business when a bird landed on the road in front of me. I could tell by where my car was that the bird would literally be in between the wheels of my car. No matter which way the bird flew, it would get hit. Fly to the right, there’s a wheel. Fly to the left, there’s another wheel.
I cringed and waited to hit it. There was nothing I could do. However, there was something that the little bird could do.
The tiny bird could just sit still. It could trust that if it would just trust, then it would be protected and saved from death.
The bird had a near-death experience, but it just sat still. When troubles came from both sides, it just waited.
And at 7:25 that morning, I thanked God that He often commands us to just sit still and that He is more than enough for me. He will shield me, if I can wait long enough for Him to hold me. Don’t get me wrong, He often calls us to action, but also to patience. When trouble is coming from both sides and I have no place to run, I should wait on Him. I should trust. Trust that God will protect. Trust that He has a plan far better than mine.
Know that troubles do not mean God has abandoned you; He has not left you in the middle of the road to get hit by a car. He sees you and commands you to just be still.
But if you see that the job is too big for you, that it's something only God can do, and you trust him to do it—you could never do it for yourself no matter how hard and long you worked—well, that trusting-him-to-do-it is what gets you set right with God, by God. Sheer gift.
~Romans 4:4-5
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