I recently had a chat with one of my staff members - He asked me what I do when I feel HELPLESS. Now that is an interesting word. Many people think of me as quite a strong (or hard headed!) kind of guy - so they’re of opinion I seldom feel helpless. But as I thought about it and answered him, God gave me quite a revelation.
The thing is I realized I feel helpless quite often. As CEO of a large company, there is a hundred and one things that I have to decide, when I honestly have no idea what’s the best thing to do. (Incidentally I don’t ask God on every decision - I’d be praying all day - and not be doing what I was called to do - which is to lead. I do however remind God every now and then that I’m really useless without his Spirit guiding my every day)
So: I often have no idea what to do.. Sometimes it’s something trivial, and I just guess. Other times it is a HUGE decision that influences several peoples lives. Something happens. The baby is about to drown. And I feel pretty HELPLESS. ‘So what do you?’ asks my staff member.
The answer amounts something to the extent of ‘NOTHING’ . (And sometimes I guess again!) Well I don’t do totally nothing. But I do what I can do in my regular (or sometimes irregular) working day. I go to bed. I might go and play golf. I still do the best I know (or guess) in the given the situation. AND SO BE IT. What more can I do?
What I don’t do, is to flap around (excuse the pun) like a crazy person and try and be the saviour of the world with all the answers for every crisis, ready and available to jump off some building and save this crazy situation. This kind of behaviour is fleshly. As I am writing this I think of the scripture that says, ‘Be still and know I am God’. Which is what I’ve learned to do. Be still. Be still. And know.
But somehow ‘being still’ is too simple for us and still we try and be Superman (or Catwoman!) every time we feel helpless!
Think about this for one moment…
Isn’t this an incredibly stupid? It makes absolutely no sense.
And it makes absolutely more sense to trust God to sort out the stuff we can do nothing about.
It’s when we try and control and own (what’s not ours) , and don’t understand stewardship… It’s when we don’t understand that God will not start something which He will not complete. And if something was started by me and not him, it’s better it stops anyway.
ALL I NEED TO DO EVERY DAY IS DO MY BEST WITH WHAT GOD HAS ENTRUSTED TO ME. JUST DO MY JOB. TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. AND WHEN I FEEL HELPLESS? DO EXACTLY THE SAME.
Give me some feedback - do you ever feel this way?
