My Own Little World

Its amazing how we can get caught up in our own little worlds.  The song "My Own Little World" by Matthew West hits the point exactly.  We get caught up in what we want and how we are feeling and how we are affected.  It's all about us; each individually.  And what is the outcome from this thinking?  Its only pain and hurt. We feel hurt because we are not being treated the way that we want to or we do not get what we want at the precise time.  Its selfish...completely selfish.

I've done this so many times that I cannot count.  I think of how someone treats me as a friend, as a peer, or as a coworker and sometimes it pushes me away from a truly great friendship.  I see that they don't care enough to think about me so I push out of that relationship.

Think about it.  We all do it.  Something rocks the foundation of our friendship or relationship and we fall.  We fall from the relationship and away from God.  God does not want our earthly relationships to fall.  He knows how important it is to have someone there for moral support.  It's why he created us.  Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 states:

"Two are better than one,
because they have a good return for their work:
If one falls down, his friend can help him up.
But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!
Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm.
But how can one keep warm alone?
Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves.
A cord of three strands is not quickly broken."

We have friends and family to help us through tough times.  To help us with our battles and to help us with anything that need assistance.  But it goes both ways.  We need to help our friends like they help us and we need to listen to our friends as they listen to us.  If our relationships are built upon God as he desires then this listening part comes easily.  We listen to advise even though we don't like it.  We don't like it because we know its right and our pride gets in the way.  Welcome to my family.  It's getting better but we have a slips.

So what I am saying?  I'm not even quite sure.  Let me try to summarize.

We need friends, we need relationships, we need trust.  Most importantly we need Christ.  We need is power and wisdom to rule our lives.  We can't go around thinking that we have this all figured out when we don't.  We really don't.  God gave us mentors, friends and the Bible for a reason.  He wants us to use it to find him.  To learn from him.  He gives us several examples of every situation under the sun.  We need to trust him to know that HE will provide. If we "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength" ( Deuteronomy 6:5) and if we listen when God says, "Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army.  For the battle is not yours, but God's " (2 Chronicles 20:15b) then we will find that God will bless us.  God loves it when we step out of our little worlds and give them to God.  He created us.  He knows us.  That's why we can trust him.