You've Got This

Have you ever taught sa child  how to tie their shoes?  It takes practice.  There is this point where they are struggling to figure it out but it's going slow.  You have this overwhelming urge to  tie the shoes for them and get on with it, but what you need to do is sit back and watch.  Give them some encouragement and wait it out.

When helping someone there is that temptation to do it for them, to bail them out,  It's tempting because we want to make things better.  We see the struggle and we want to make things better.  And as much as we want to help, what we do is counterproductive.  When we bail someone out we are telling them, "This is beyond you."  When we give people a push and wait, we are saying "you've got this."



Sometimes God sees us struggling and lets us struggle.  He lets us work our way through it and stands back. In Deuteronomy it says that the Lord will not Leave you or Forsake you.  He is there watch and saying "You've got this."

God could give us our daily dose of miracles.  He could do it all.  But he gave us talents and gifts and abilities, and by standing back and letting us work it out He allows us to become the best that we can be.