Do you ever have a week, a day, or even a month where it seems you are up against everything? Now, to be clear, I’m not talking about facing true tragedies like the loss of a loved one, a job or a serious illness. Those are truly experiences in which our lives will be inundated with struggle. No, I’m talking about the days in which it just seems all the little things are piling up, you just want to crawl back into bed and wait for the next day to come.
I hate to break it to you, but even if you were to go back to bed, those issues would still be facing you in the morning light of the next day. Life is inescapable my friends; it will happen whether we like it or not. Small problems are going to arise every day, and if our focus becomes solely on those small issues, then our general attitude will become despair and negativity. We will become walking zombies of worry, doomed to wander this world with the shuffling woe and moan of the pessimistic.
I know this to be true because I fall victim to it myself. As a pastor, I don’t ever have to look far to find issues in the church or in the community. There is ALWAYS hunger to feed, there is ALWAYS the lost to be found, there are NEVER enough children in the nursery, or NEVER enough young people in the pews. Money is ALWAYS tight, the church building ALWAYS needs updating, and my hairline is ALWAYS receding!
