Getting a Grip on Reality

Want to make a clean slate of things? You've got to first get a grip on reality. Jesus said that knowing the truth is what sets us free; the problem is that we have an almost unlimited capacity for self-deception and rationalization. In order to get a grip on reality you first must identify and admit your part in your problems. Our biggest problem is that we want to call our own shots, direct our own lives, be in charge --that's the "original sin." It's been said: 'The very heart and root of sin is an independent spirit" (Richard Cecil). It manifests in each of us shortly after we begin to walk and talk... we get defiant, and dishonest -even as toddlers. We need to recognize where we desire to "be God" and also play God: to try to control our lives, our problems, our image, our pain, and others. God is about cooperation, and collaboration --with His will and wise agenda for your life-- rather than control. Step one in getting a grip on reality is to look where and how you're trying to be God and play God in your life, to admit it, and ask forgiveness for it, and release control to God. That's what it means to "let go, and let God." May you have the courage and conviction to do so.