Reboot

My computer is acting wonky. It's been on the fritz for a while and in the past few days its really getting weird. I am literally avoiding turning it off for fear it won't come back on. I desperately need to replace the hard drive, but I don't have the time or the mental capacity to even consider what that looks like. And let's be honest, a couple hundred bucks can easily go elsewhere.

If I took a few minutes to reboot and update my software it would probably go a long way. Maybe my files would open properly again and my arrow key would actually push things over in Illustrator.

Life is like that too you know? Less is often more. It's backwards and upside down, but if we don't shut off and reboot we too act wonky and on the fritz. Our keys quit working and our files quit opening. For a while we can work around it, but at some point we have to reboot. 

But how can I....
"The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.” Exodus 14:14

But, there's so much...
"But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well." Matthew 6:33

I don't have time to...
"Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he restedfrom all the work of creating that he had done." Genesis 2:3

There is power in the REST. God can work for you in the REST. Do you trust Him enough to stop and let Him work out some things for you. He WILL! I know it's counter-intuitive, but as we rest in the Lord solutions appear that we never could have found ourselves. I've seen it happen. It is miraculous and so much less work on our parts!

You must reboot. I must reboot. And just maybe, after we do, our keys will function better and our files will start opening again.

On that note. I'm off to restart my computer.

Dear Lord, You see every one of our needs and you know all of the solutions. You see into our situations deeper than we do. We trust you to work things out for us. We don't wish to be lazy, but we know our wheel-spinning is out of control and that you can solve things for us! Help us to take rest even though that means skipping some things we think we need to do. Multiply our time after we do and make our rest fruitful. Amen