A few days ago, I was feeling overwhelmed and exhausted. Then I stumbled upon Psalm 127:1-2, “Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the guards stand watch in vain. In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat — for he grants sleep to those he loves.”
I realized I was trying to do things all on my own, and it was getting me nowhere. Good grades and some money, but exhausted, depressed, and nowhere good. It was like God picked me up and rattled me around saying "Go to sleep! Let me figure out your work and school and finances." So I did, I went to bed. I allowed myself to rest....knowing I was getting nothing done, but always telling myself God was going to figure it all out.
When I got to school the next day, I found out my teacher pushed all our assignments back, giving me a whole extra week on a research paper; and my Chemistry professor assigned nothing for homework, when I normally spend hours on it.
Also, I haven't been able to go to church lately, and haven't been tithing like I should. I was trying to make a small fortune for myself completely on my own. It wasn't working. All I was doing was working long hours, becoming exhausted and always worried about money. But then I tithed – a lot – compared to what I made, because I wanted to make up for some of the times I missed. I told myself that God would figure all my money out. The next time I worked, we had a server call off, and my manager put me in his section, a pretty popular and difficult section for a new server to handle. And then we got very busy. I ended up making more than double what I normally make on a week night. I was so in awe of Him. It's like all He wanted was to take care of me, and for me to finally let Him.
Now I'm not worrying about money; I'm working and letting God do the rest; and giving back what is already His. I've been a Christian basically my whole life and He still flat out BLOWS. MY. MIND.
Our Creator is a mighty God who is never too busy for you and is always interested in being involved with the details of your life. Enjoy Him today!
