Crutches

I have talked a little bit in the past about the tremendous crutch Jill was in my life and in my ministry; she was good to lean on. I don’t know whether or not you’ve had crutches removed from you but it can create enormous pain and instability when support we had counted on is torn from us. I think one of the lessons I have been learning is not to lean too heavily or hold to tightly to anything that’s temporal, that means pertaining to this life. I have had to ask God lately about emmanuel, my ministry for Him, or anything else, are these crutches in my life because I have to learn to lean on Him and not on them? This is easier said than done because we like to be in control and pain can be exhausting; we can lose strength and forfeit any sense of balance or control over our emotions. The psalmist in 6:6 put it this way, “My groaning has worn me out. At night my bed and pillow are soaked with tears”.
My question to you and to myself today is whats carrying your weight? What do you lean mostly on? It must be on Christ, the old hymn writer got it spot on.
On Christ the solid rock I stand.
All other ground is sinking sand.
Stay on the Rock