Manic men can describe the position we can get in when we let our thoughts & minds go unrestrained. Men have an innate desire and ability to want to fix it, so therefore we try to always work it out ourselves or "fix it" with out giving it to God first. Many times when my wife tells me something, I want to give her the solution or what to do and like a recorder I hear again & again, "I don't want you to fix it I just need you to listen" The opposite is true with God. He can't "fix it" until we tell him all about it and put it in his hands. Something a lot of men have a hard time doing because we want to fix it ourselves.
For most men communication is not our forte, we want the bottom line and don't need a lot words, that just sound like "blaa, blaa, blaa." We want to give a quick fix & get a quick solution to what is making us manic or sometimes panic. With God a quick fix is not always the way it works. Typically He is allowing what we're facing to get our attention, bring us back to the place we belong, or cause us to grow by trusting him more. None of which we like or prefer. It's in these times we need to remember "His ways are not our ways nor His thoughts our thoughts, for His ways are higher than our ways and His thoughts higher than our thoughts" (Isaiah 55:8)
So whatever is temporarily making you a Manic Man, remember to "Cast your cares upon Him" Meaning give it to him and leave it there. Then communicate to him ALL your hearts desires and let him handle it with out your hands on it. Be reminded that His hands never really get on it until our hands first get removed. So don't be a manic man living in panic about your situation, condition or what's temporarily on your plate. Unlike our wives, when we tell God our problems not only do we want him to fix it but His desire is to provide our every need. So be encouraged because God has already provided everything you need in Him and His desire is for you to partake of the wealth of His divine goodness & provision- John 10:10!
2 comments:
Pastor, this is so true! It's like trying to fix something that we know we need help on but don't call upon on it. It might be fixed temporarily but eventually it falls apart again. When we call on the professionals, they come with tools and skills that we might not have. When we give it to God to fix, he comes knowing what he's doing, using the "tools" to fix it completely and correctly that will last forever!
You are absolutely right!! One of the hardest things to do, whether you're male OR female, is to give God full control over those situations, but extremely vital as well. Thanks for the encouraging words and references!!
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