S05E052, How Many Fingers From Disaster? Andy B 2 Minute Video
Episode description
In the Film series, Ice Age, there is little sabre tooth squirrel. He always gets so close to being to safeguard his precious nuts, when disaster strikes. If I’m honest he’s my favourite character because he never gives up trying. Everything gets thrown at him. And, yet, he just picks himself up and gets going again.
Sure, he suffers some typically calamitous disasters that requires the odd bit of hospital treatment.
But, he keeps going!
We’ve been through times in our life when we need an extra 20 or 30 fingers to fill the holes in the damn that is collapsing around us – just as we plug one gap in the towering wall of doom over us, another hole appears.
But, there is a solution to this and it is not to grow more fingers, but to stop trying to stop disaster from happening. Because, sooner or later, we’ll run out of fingers to plug that damn!
This isn’t about giving up.
This isn’t about not trying.
This isn’t about allowing people to get hurt because there are plenty of things that we need to keep doing in order to protect something or somebody.
However, it is most certainly about getting the right help! And that means pausing, and inviting God into what we’re doing.
Does life seem like more than you can handle? Then don’t try and handle it on your own, but to God who promises to walk with us through the flames and the flood.
Isaiah 43 v 1 – 2 (NLT)
“But now, O Jacob, listen to the Lord who created you.
O Israel, the one who formed you says, “Do not be afraid, for I have ransomed you.
I have called you by name; you are mine.
When you go through deep waters, I will be with you.
When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown.
When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you.”
Just a thought…
Andy B
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