We are finite creatures

The humility and freedom of letting go

I gave some advice yesterday to someone I care about, who is trying to care for someone close to them who was wounded.

We are limited in our own ability to know the fullness of a situation, as we usually only get part of the story. Even more, we are limited to know how God may be working in that situation.

This is hard for me, as I struggle with a desire for control and certainty. I have a strong justice streak running through me, and I think that is part of how I bear God’s image. But I have to humbly recognize that there is a God, and I am not Him.

I can love someone else and support them, and I can be concerned for them and their situation, without owning the responsibility to fix it.

And I can trust that God will make it right. If they are being wronged, He will more than make it up to them. And at the least, I can trust that a good God is using this situation for His glory and for their ultimate good.

As I relinquish control and my desire for immediate justice, He is also using the situation for my own good, to help me abide in Him and know Him more.

“I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked, for there is a time for every matter and for every work. I said in my heart with regard to the children of man that God is testing them that they may see that they themselves are but beasts.” (Ecclesiastes 3:17-18)

Peace with with you.