by Pastor Tim White
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6
While visiting Texas we had the opportunity to see our grandchildren in two very exciting track meets. Every time I took a picture. I was reminded ‘no social media bragging about my grandchildren.’ This is so important to them as they feel like it’s all God and they don’t really enjoy all the attention they get from the accomplishments. Boy! this is the opposite to my way of thinking. I would tell anyone who would listen about how cool it was to win a Big Meet. But then the pressure was on me and not on God.. No wonder they are so much better than I ever was.
Many of us have these beloved verses Proverbs 3:5-6 as our life verses or at least we value them as some of our favorite verses. In our series of messages on Winning the War in Your Mind, they remind us of our truthful place and God’s place as we live out our life dreams. This Sunday I will be encouraging each of us to let ‘God Have the Win in Our Lives.’ We as humans look back at all the things God has done in our lives and we somehow become foggy in our thinking as we proclaim, “Look at what I have done!” We count up our lifetime wins, and we somehow forget to give God the glory and the honor. We might think “Oh God does not need our praise he is big enough for us to hog the glory.” But it doesn’t work that way. By forgetting God, we put unnecessary pressure on ourselves because through the corruption of our egos we forget that He carried the day and then we are pressured to think we will have to carry the day in the future. No wonder we have trouble trusting him and living with the peace that we were designed to perform best with. It pains us and our world when we forget to let God have the win. And we miss an opportunity to let others know that trusting God is the key to enjoying life with all of its fullness.
Your friend for the rest of my life,
Pastor Tim White
PS Looking forward to seeing you at church this Sunday at 10:30 am. In person in Spirit Falls Sanctuary or Online on Facebook Live, You Tube Live, www.wacathedral.org, or Wacathedral App. After In Person services we are doing a fun Summer Food Drive and Old-Fashioned Potluck. You can drive by anytime up until 2:30 pm and drop off unperishable food to help stock the Food Banks. If you want to join us for lunch, bring something to share and around 11:30 am, after church is over, we’ll enjoy our Old-Fashioned Potluck.