Fixing Problems
By: Susan Y Nikitenko
January 6th, 2012
After church on Thursday night our truck would not start. My husband thought it was the battery so our
Son in law pulled out the jumper cables to charge the battery. The effort was of no avail. They then slugged through a snowdrift to get
to the store across the street. They bought tools to remove it. Even though they worked hard they still could
not remove it. They were using the wrong tools.
My daughter and I waited in the car, it was very cold
outside. Our Son in law then drove us to
K-mart to buy new tools and a new battery . Then we went back to the church. Where they worked a long time, but they still
couldn't fix the problem.
It takes us about 25 minutes to drive home from our
church. We went home to get more tools,
tools they thought would work. My
daughter and I stayed home. They went
back and worked and did not get back until midnight. The problem still was not fixed.
They weren't using the right tools and they were working on
the wrong problem. The problem they were
working on didn't exist. The truck didn't need a new battery. It needs a new starter.
Sometimes people go to fixing something and they're using the
wrong tools.
Anger isn't the right tool to use when you're trying to fix a
problem in a relationship for example.
Gossip isn't the right tool to use when you're praying for
someone in a group setting.
Tricking isn't the right tool because it creates mistrust
and confusion. Confusion is of the
devil.
We need to be sure we are using the right
tools- you know, the "righteous
tools". When dealing with the problems of life we need to use tools like
prayer and hiding Gods Word in our heart, tools like love and a soft answer, tools
like wisdom and encouragement, tools like faith and consideration. These are
the right tools.
Sometimes we think we're fixing a problem and it's just made things worse. We end up breaking something,
that would have never been broken.
Sometimes we think we have everything figured out, but all
along we were trying to fix the wrong thing.
What we were working on never needed fixing at all.
Sometimes we just need a new start. Just like our truck, it needs a new starter.
When we go to fixing problems, we need to know for sure the
problem is real.
When we go to fixing problems, we need to know it's the
right problem.
When we go to fixing problems, we need to be using the right
tools.
When we go to fixing problems we better know God wants us to
do the fixing.
Hopefully we have the right person repairing our truck, or
we may have bigger problems.
The same
way in life.
Jesus is the best fixer upper I know.
Sometimes the best tool, is leaving things in God's hands.
His grace goes a long way.
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