When Your Hands Are Tied

Have you ever been in a place where you have done everything you can do? You've prayed, cried, asked everyone you know for advice or simply keep whatever has you bound or perplexed to yourself. You may have tried to figure out what you or someone else could have done to end up with a different outcome. Then you finally realize your hands are tied. There is nothing you can do.

 

Oftentimes when we are in difficult situations we are quick to say 'well the devil is busy' but have you ever considered God may be trying to get your attention? He may be trying to move you out of the way so that He can have free reign in your life or the life of the person you are busy trying to fix.

 

It's our nature to try and fix everything and everybody. We just want things right, or at least right according to our standards. Unfortunately unless we or those that we try to protect never experience challenges neither we nor they will ever look to God for help. God wants us to depend on Him not on our thoughts or our efforts. He doesn't want us leaning on anyone except for Him. He shares His glory with no man and no man is capable of doing what He can do.

We spend countless hours worrying, losing sleep and sometimes even spending money trying to find a remedy for things that if given to God He can and will take care of for us. Does He always do it the way we would like to have it done or when we would like to have it done, maybe not, but one thing we can be assured of is that He will do it just when it needs to be done.

 

It’s easy for someone to tell you not to worry and it's easy for you to tell someone else not to worry when you are not the person that is worried, but when we worry we are saying God you can't handle this so I've got to figure it out when the opposite is actually true. We can't handle it.  That's why we are worrying. Our way of handling everything in life should be to seek Gods counsel then rest in Him and allow Him to take control. It is easier said than done, but once you come to that place where your hands are tied there is nothing else you can do. You might as well just rest in Him!