Going It Alone?

I’m not sure if it has dawned on you at this juncture in your life, but this whole living thing is pretty complex. I mean it has lots of parts and pieces. It’s harder than golf. There’s about a million things you don’t know anything about. And finally, there’s this entire spiritual realm with a reported over four thousand variations in general, let alone in specifics. Yet for all that, there are still people choosing to rely solely on themselves to navigate it successfully, that is until something happens they are unaware of or have no known solution for and then they take a chance? I would think a scientist would conclude that if they are examining something with great complexity, something must be behind it with even greater complexity. This whole take yourself by the bootstraps thing is played out. There are people out there who have never even enjoyed one day of total peace. Not one day. There are millions of people suffering and not getting their needs met or spending their days racked with fear or can’t sleep, don’t love, have no hope left in their hearts. There are millions more driving themselves nuts trying to live some code, never succeeding, always striving, never arriving religion designed more to oppress than to set free. Yet all of this could be remedied in a moment of time with a little heartfelt seeking. So man, woman, the question – are you going it alone?

Maybe I can’t speak for every man, but I can speak for myself. I’ve lived a few years and had some stuff: real problems, genuine dramas, difficulties, challenges, setbacks and even failures. I have a pretty good handle on how I roll. I’ve got my share of weak spots, blind alleys and ignorance. I’ve got some shiny parts as well (smile). Knowing myself and what I do, where I go at times, choices I make, I cannot fathom having to decipher this life alone. Do you mean I have to rely on myself for everything? Look, I’m no slouch or ne’er-do-well, but all of it alone? Having to solve every problem? Every problem? Thankfully, I can’t imagine it. But, I had an advantage. I ran into the right guy at the right time, or maybe he ran into me. Incredulously, of all the four thousand options on the table, I got one that would lead me to the Bible and how to study and to stop guessing and to see for myself and how not to rely on the guy with the funny collar and an introduction, formal anyway, to Him who did it all for me. Thank God for that day, literally. As I learned, the more I saw how it was never His plan that I go it alone. In reality, it was the polar opposite. And thank God for that as well. My life altering discovery didn’t automatically insulate me from the stuff. But, it sure showed me what to do about it. I learned who God really is and how He never changes. I found out He was only good always, in every situations and in every setting. From that fateful day forward I stopped going it alone!

So, what is your story? I’ll bet you’ve got some similar stuff. I’m guessing the world has kicked you around quite a bit as that is what it likes to do. I’m even more sure you have had to face unsolvable realities as well. At some point you have got to recognize there is only one run through and that it is time limited. X number of years and that’s it unless you’ve got some place else to go and by that I mean heaven, not the mythical hell. Think that one through a bit. Who would run the place? Would he then be around forever? I digress. The point is, why are you trying to go it alone? Honestly, what have you got to lose? I understand the thought of having to be religious makes you puke. Me too. If it makes you feel better, that ain’t it. What you are after and what you need and what will change your life for the better and Who will solve your impossible dilemmas, is God. He doesn’t want you to clean up the outside for Him, He wants your heart. He doesn’t want to dog you with rules, He wants to take care of you. He is love, man. He is perfect, woman. Quit going it alone!

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter. “Love God, love your fellow man and do as you dang fool please!” Thanks Doctor. There is no need for you to weary yourself any further. This life thing is far too big and far too important to keep stumbling along stubbornly insisting on figuring it out for yourself. Newsflash: You ain’t going to figure it out on your own. You will not succeed. Oh you can certainly figure some things out and have big successes, but you will never experience the fullness of this thing. What do you think heaven will be like? Whoever you are and wherever you are, you can still tap into the more than abundant life spoken of in John 10:10. You can still find Him who dreamed thia all up. It’s not too late brother. Don’t try to go it alone. This life is too big for me to rely solely on myself. I ain’t crazy. I’m blessed.

Just some good thoughts…