Life Is Real
Volume 2, Day 115
In the comic strip Peanuts, Lucy had just broken the news to Linus that children cannot live at home forever. Eventually they grow up and move away. Then she said that when he left she would get his room. But Linus quickly reminded her that at some time she too would have to leave home. When this realisation hit Lucy, she was shocked but she quickly came up with a solution. She turned the TV up loud, crawled onto her beanbag chair with a bowl of ice cream and refused to think about it.
Avoiding unpleasant circumstances is not as easy as Lucy thinks. Life’s realities cannot be avoided. We may try to run and hide but struggles and trials have a way of dogging our footsteps and eventually catching up with us.
Instead we should face up to our problems. The psalmist David did this when plagued by persistent foes and false friends. He didn’t try to minimise his danger; he acknowledged the storm that was raging around him and looked to the Lord. He wrote, “In God I have put my trust” (Ps. 56:4).
Let’s follow David’s example—not Lucy’s. Facing up to life’s difficulties may be a frightening experience. But when we trust God and draw close to Him, we’ll experience real deliverance.
Author
Paul Van Gorder
