Josh Burnett

Savannah still has a pacifier.  I know, I know she should have given it up about three months ago.  (In our defense) She only uses it when she is going to sleep.  Still she needs to get rid of it.  So last night I decided to take it away.  To all you parents out there who haven’t reached this stage yet… Don’t just take it away on a whim!  Prepare yourself.  You can probably guess what happened next.  Savannah cried, and cried, and cried.  Then I tried to sooth her.  She kept on crying.  Then I gave her a paci that I had cut the tip off of (someone on the internet said this would work), she cried some more.  Finally, I gave her a real paci and she went straight to sleep.

All of that to say I finally relented and feel like a terrible dad.  This experience got me thinking…  Are there things in my life that I am clinging to that really are not the best thing for me, but I cling on to them anyway.  Unfortunately – I can’t reason with Savannah to help her understand that giving up the paci is all part of growing up and that it is healthy for her to give it up now.  But how many times has my heavenly Father been trying to get me to give something over to him that I have been holding on because it’s time for me to trust him with that and to grow up?

Right now Revolution is looking for rental space to meet in.  We still have not found a location that we feel will be the best possible fit.  We have looked high and low but still don’t feel ready to settle in.  Frankly, this has me pretty stressed out.  I have a tendency to get really focused on something and then worry about it.  Now, I am not suggesting that I shouldn’t be proactive in finding a location for the new church, but what I am saying is that worrying about it hasn’t changed a thing, and won’t change a thing according to Matthew 6.  I think there are times in our life when God asks us to give something over to Him and at that point we have a choice to make.  Are we going to make a big fuss about it or are we going to give it up to Him and trust that He can do a better job of ordering our life than we can.

What is your pacifier?  What is it that you keep clinging to that brings you temporary comfort that your heavenly Father is asking you to give over to Him so that He can give you something better?