Ever had a plan and then someone or something has stopped it in its tracks or ruined it? I remember waiting in for a very important delivery a few years back. I waited in all day with a very active toddler who was not impressed about us being imprisoned in our own home. I waited and it didn’t come. I logged online to track it and it said the item had been delivered. Er… well. It had not.

So then a replacement was sent with a delivery date and I waited again. The delivery reached my local depot at 1.24.07am (not that I was checking or anything) and despite waiting in all day, it was never dispatched from the depot so I waited in for nothing. Again.

Well that was the weekend and so the next possible time it could have been delivered was the Monday. I had an appointment on the Monday… so… did I cancel that and wait in? Or get on with my life and risk missing the delivery…

Why is it that at times we get so caught up in stuff which puts our lives on hold and stops us from living to the full?

In this particular scenario – and most of our lives – I had a choice. I could remain stressed. I could try and change to accommodate and adapt and be super organised and efficient so that everything would go to plan. Except – I had no control over whether everything would go to plan at all. I couldn’t control whether the driver would come at a certain time on a certain day or whether they would even come to the correct house. I was not, and am not, in control. And neither are you.

“If you decide for God, living a life of God-worship, it follows that you don’t fuss…”

Matt 6:25a MSG

I don’t know about you but I’m a fusser. 

I don’t want to be a fusser.

“…What I’m trying to do here is to get you to relax, to not be so preoccupied with getting, so you can respond to God’s giving.  People who don’t know God and the way he works fuss over these things, but you know both God and how he works.  Steep your life in God-reality, God-initiative, God-provisions.  Don’t worry about missing out.  You’ll find all your everyday human concerns will be met.  Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don’t get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow…” 

Matt 6:31-34a MSG

It is all too easy to fuss. All too easy to worry about missing out. I shared these verses only last week and I’m sharing them again – because God’s Word never gets old and sometimes we have to revisit things again and again until the truth takes hold. Let’s lay down the fussing and focus on the steeping!