My Life Is Unmanageable
Why would we continue to live life in our own way when it obviously isn’t pleasing, not even to us? Someone has defined insanity as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Another saying is equally true, “If nothing changes, nothing changes.” When we are willing to admit that our life is unmanageable and we are powerless to change, then we know that we need to seek help. If we call on God, He will hear our prayer and rescue us.
My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water. (Jeremiah 2:13 NIV)
We were created for relationship with the God of infinite knowledge, power, and love. We were meant to continually draw breath and life from our Creator. We became a mess when we did not have the infilling of the power of God’s Holy Spirit. To live well in relationship with God and others, we need to fill up on what our Creator intended, not on what we determine might work.
What did your people of long ago find wrong with me? Why did they wander so far away from me? They worshiped worthless statues of gods. Then they themselves became worthless. Has a nation ever changed its gods? Actually, they are not even gods at all. But my people have traded away their glorious God. They have traded me for worthless statues of gods. (Jeremiah 2:5, 11 NIRV)
Prayer: Lord God, Forgive me for choosing harmful relationships, substances and other things to try to fulfill my needs. I admit my choices resulted in an unmanageable existence. Today, I choose to turn my will and life over to Your care for Your breath alone gives me life. Amen
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