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Saturday, June 12, 2021

Calculations Without God

A toddler works, with frustration mounting, to fit a square block into the round hole. You want to help, but the little one quickly rejects the offer with, “I want to do it.”

We smile at such a thought, yet we are sometimes just as stubborn as the toddler. We make our agendas, set our goals, map out our plans, and begin the process of making them become a reality. Unless we start our tasks at hand with, “God, this is the desire of my heart, but I want what you want” approach, we will find ourselves frustrated and weary from pounding on square blocks, doing our best to force them into round holes. We will eventually achieve the tasks with determination by doing them our way, but not without leaving the blocks and holes misshapen and scarred. A toddler has an excuse for such behavior, but we do not.

“Delight thyself also in the Lord, and He shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass.” (Psalm 37:4–5)

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