We Can Fix This

While on training for my new job, my boss came up to me and asked me, “When are you taking a break?” But as I started to say, “I’m not sure…” I noticed how he was looking at me. I quickly looked at the clock, which read 11:34. I quickly altered my answer and said, “11:30.” My boss smiled at me as if to say, “Good answer.”

The reason I responded the way I did was because I’ve been in situations like this before. At my previous job, I ran into a situation that I deemed as “unfixable.” I told my boss that we did not have the materials or the resources to fix the problem at hand. My boss responded, “You’re a smart guy. We can fix this.”

I could have said, “I’m not that smart—give me a clue” or “I don’t know how to fix this. How are we going to fix this?” But from the tone of his voice, I discerned that this wasn’t the response he was looking for. All I could muster up was, “okay.” I think that this is what he meant when he said, “You’re a smart guy” because the answer satisfied him.

I am so glad that my relationship with God is not like the relationship I have with my bosses. In life I am faced with many impossible circumstances and I don’t have the resources or ability to figure things out, much less to “fix” anything. With God, I am not left alone, don’t have to deal with “trick questions,” and don’t have to guess and try to read between the lines when God says or asks something.

Whether I go to God with a concern or a complaint, I am reminded of what He has said. Two of them are:

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. For He chose us in Him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in His sight. –Ephesians 1:3-4

And,

His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of Him who has called us by His own glory and goodness. Through these He has given us His very great and precious promises so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.” —II Peter 1:3-4

To put it more simply, the two things that I hear from God are, “What did I say?” and “Trust Me.”