So there’s this sign posted at like every public beach
access. If you’re caught in a rip current, knowing this simple plan can save
your life and get you back to the beach. I love how so many patterns and
principals in nature present Gods way with such clear perspective. But of
course, He designed it that way. Doesn’t it sometimes feel like you’re swimming
against a strong current and making no headway. While on the surface, the waves
appear to be lapping the shoreline like normal and up and down the beach you
see folks paddling in with ease, but paddle as you may, you’re no closer to dry
sand, increasingly exhausted and barely keeping your head above the water as
the, once beautiful surf, now gnarls it’s teeth at you’re bobbing head. If
you’ve ever been trapped in a nasty current in life or at sea, you know this
dramatic description is an understatement. But, if in the water, you’ve every
tried the straightforward strategy described on this sign, you’ve likely become
confident enough not to panic in a common
rip current situation. Chances are you even paddle back out for more waves,
experiencing several effortless rip current escapes in a single day. This is
not because you’ve become some super swimmer, but instead because you’ve tapped
in to the power of employing the right strategy. We try so hard to wrap our
minds around a winning strategy for life, a worthy endeavor. Proverbs 3 is like
the rip current sign for life. It exhorts us not to trust our own understanding
too much but instead to always look to God and He’ll provide the straight way
to where we need to be going. So good news! We can stop depleting
ourselves physically, mentally and
emotionally battling the rip currents of our lives and just trust it all to the
one who founded the earth and established the heavens, who broke open the deep
and dropped down dew from the clouds. In Him we can find life for our souls,
security in our walk and freedom from
fear and confidently inherit the favor and honor that comes with trusting Him.
