When all else fails...

Often we have said to ourselves "when all else fails"and we come up with answers like; read the scriptures, go on your gut instinct, stop and take a deep breath, etc. What do you do when everything fails? When I do everything humanly possible to find a solution and come up with nothing I realize how totally powerless I am to change things and yet I know down deep inside that there has to be a solution.

I guess that coming to an end of ourselves is good because that means the beginning of something else has to occur in order to make our way through. There are human instincts that most of us completely disregard as God given and therefore take for granted. Has God left us out there with no help at all? God forbid! His whole schematic for wholesome and secure living was created way before our little problems ever existed.

Here's what I have found to be true in my life when I find myself banging my head against the wall over something.

1. I'm trying to do it all alone
2. I do not recognize the Body of Christ
3. I do not understand authority
4. I do not want to relinquish control

God in His mercy and grace has provided us with all that we need. We just have to trust His provision. If you are stuck in some wilderness somewhere and can't find your way out then you are a prime candidate for one of God's redemptive solutions.

I guess that what I am trying to say is that when all else fails then we have an opportunity to turn to Him and say, "Father, I give up!" and like the Father He is He embraces you and holds you and calms your soul and your earthly problem begins to dim and becomes insignificant in light of your relationship with Him. That's what we really need. We need Him and the closer we come to Him the less we worry about our worldly concerns.

He truly is a great and awesome God.