One of the shows, “I Love Lucy” showed Lucy and her friend Ethel working on an assembly line. Do you know the one that I am referring to? Lucy is working on an assembly line wrapping candy.
They start off with the
assembly line running slow and are quite impressed with their ability to keep
up. But, when the lines starts running faster and the candy comes out quicker
and they can no longer keep up with wrapping the candy, panic sets in and
everything escalates from there.
The two of them try to mask
the fact that they are way over their heads by doing things like eating the
candies, hiding them in their hats, and dropping them down their dresses;
anything to hide them from their overbearing boss. And, no matter what
they do, it continues to escalate as they hope that no one knows that they are
unable to keep up and handle what they were given to do.
We, the viewers, watch the
show as we laugh and ask; “Why don’t they just stop and admit that they can’t
handle it. Why don’t they shut off the conveyer belt? Why don’t they ask for
help?” We ask this because if we were them we would’ve done something
different. Or would we?
So how does it work for you?
Are you a person who, when you get out of the rhythm and life and you can’t
keep up, do you stop and admit that you can’t handle it? Do you ask for help?
Or do you keep going hoping that no one knows that you are unable to keep up
and handle what you are trying to do?
At first you, like Lucy and
Ethel, perhaps can handle the tasks and so it doesn’t faze you that things
could ever get to the point where you might need help. After all, someone might
think that you are incompetent and get someone else in to replace you.
So, rather than stopping, you work harder
trying to keep up. And then everything escalates from there.
If this is the condition of your life today;
may I make a suggestion? “STOP” In the Bible we read the Lord
calling out to each of us who are in this condition;
“Step out of the
traffic! Take a long, loving look at me, your High God, above politics, above everything.”
(Psalm 46:10 MSG)
Listen to Jesus calling out to you as the
conveyer belt speeds up in your life:
“Are
you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to Me. Get away with Me and
you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with Me
and work with Me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I
won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with Me and you’ll
learn to live freely and lightly.” (Matthew 11:28-30
MSG)
My friend, living in a life
of stress and panic and things out of control is not how God wants us to
live. And you don’t need to; you really
can stop. And you don’t need to wait until everything has escalated.
God cares for you more than
you will ever know. It is often in our problems that we see who God really is;
a loving, caring Father who longs to help us.
Call 1-888-NEED HIM. Someone
is waiting to talk with you
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