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“Slap Of Reality”
Proverbs 12:15 NIV
The way of fools seems right to them, but the wise listen to advice.
One of my favorite movies from many years ago is Disney’s The Kid. Bruce Willis stars as a very successful image consultant (Russ) who has become very uptight and not dealt with his past childhood of tension with his father and getting bullied from kids at school. His younger self appears to Russ and then Russ feels like he’s going crazy and seeing things. He makes an appointment with a therapist and then walks in and has a very quick conversation. He makes it very clear that he just needs 5 minutes to clear this up and get a strong pill prescribed to take care of the situation. When the therapist says, “You need to deal with these issues”, Russ snaps back with, “Issue! Issue! Just one issue!”
As funny as this scene is, I cannot help but think this is so often how we come to God with what we think is wrong in our lives. We often want God to take care of something we think is wrong, but God wants to point out other areas that also need attention. Often times I think we come to God with, “Only 1 issue, God! I just need help with this one thing.” All the while, we act foolish and hard headed to not allow God to show us more that we need to work on.
We often need a slap of reality from God to show us that just because we think we know what’s wrong and what needs fixed in our lives, God will often show us something else and we need to heed His words and guidance. We so often are foolish to think we know what we need to work on and everything else is fine. We need to let God work in our hearts to show us more and exactly what He wants us to see.
As we have entered this New Year, why don’t we become more open to what God wants to show us? We all have issues we need to deal with in life. Not everything is going to be a quick fix, much like Russ wanted in the movie. We need to come to God and let Him show us the “issues(plural)” that we have in our lives that need attention.
It’s better for us to have a slap of reality to face these issues and work through them with God’s help and not plug away with only what we think is wrong. We need to ask God to make that clear to us and show us what we need to work on. We need to ask Him to search our hearts and reveal whatever it is that is not right that we need to work on.
Let’s not be foolish, but instead listen for wise advice.
“Slap Of Reality”
Proverbs 12:15 NIV
The way of fools seems right to them, but the wise listen to advice.
One of my favorite movies from many years ago is Disney’s The Kid. Bruce Willis stars as a very successful image consultant (Russ) who has become very uptight and not dealt with his past childhood of tension with his father and getting bullied from kids at school. His younger self appears to Russ and then Russ feels like he’s going crazy and seeing things. He makes an appointment with a therapist and then walks in and has a very quick conversation. He makes it very clear that he just needs 5 minutes to clear this up and get a strong pill prescribed to take care of the situation. When the therapist says, “You need to deal with these issues”, Russ snaps back with, “Issue! Issue! Just one issue!”
As funny as this scene is, I cannot help but think this is so often how we come to God with what we think is wrong in our lives. We often want God to take care of something we think is wrong, but God wants to point out other areas that also need attention. Often times I think we come to God with, “Only 1 issue, God! I just need help with this one thing.” All the while, we act foolish and hard headed to not allow God to show us more that we need to work on.
We often need a slap of reality from God to show us that just because we think we know what’s wrong and what needs fixed in our lives, God will often show us something else and we need to heed His words and guidance. We so often are foolish to think we know what we need to work on and everything else is fine. We need to let God work in our hearts to show us more and exactly what He wants us to see.
As we have entered this New Year, why don’t we become more open to what God wants to show us? We all have issues we need to deal with in life. Not everything is going to be a quick fix, much like Russ wanted in the movie. We need to come to God and let Him show us the “issues(plural)” that we have in our lives that need attention.
It’s better for us to have a slap of reality to face these issues and work through them with God’s help and not plug away with only what we think is wrong. We need to ask God to make that clear to us and show us what we need to work on. We need to ask Him to search our hearts and reveal whatever it is that is not right that we need to work on.
Let’s not be foolish, but instead listen for wise advice.
