Betwixt and Between

October 29

Apart from faith in Jesus, we are a conflicted people. A prime example of that realistic assessment of our human foible is the fact that if we want for financial resources, we fret inconsolably about our lack. If, however, we possess financial abundance, we concern ourselves about the threat of its loss.

If we are ill, we spend our substance to regain the health we’ve lost. If we are well, we spend our substance to maintain physical viability. If we are intellectually challenged, we are counted as fools. If we possess mental acuity, we strive to possess the ascendancy our knowledge opens to us.

We seem ever to be ‘betwixt and between.’ Yet the Word of God addresses our condition and addresses our preoccupation with it. In Luke 12:25, 26, Jesus says, “Can any of you add a cubit to your stature by worrying? If then you cannot do even a little thing like this, why worry about the big things?”

Those of us who are vertically challenged may attempt to augment our height by wearing high heels and by selecting our clothing to deceive the eye into elongating our stature, but we cannot change it. Jesus tells us, that we must leave this and all matters—trifles in the eternal scheme of things—in His hand.