People take control all the...
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People take control all the time. At the most basic level, babies do it. When Mommy or Daddy start to leave, and he sees what's happening, that he no longer has their attention, he cries and complains and pleads. And if a little doesn't work, a lot must be better! But when he sees that carrying on doesn't work, he quits. He knows he has control of something, and it's not them. It's him. It's good he learns that early. Some people never learn it.
You see it on the highway when a car behind you passes you up, only to slow down after they pass. That driver doesn't want anyone in front of him. He wants to be in control. And speeders and people who pass where there's a yellow stripe, these are just people who don't want to think that there's anything in control of them, even the law. They know that there is, there has to be, but in this small thing, if they can get away with it, they are in control.
But the fact is, they are not in control. I am not in control; you are not in control. President Bush is not in control of what the press asks him, or even if he has to answer. Even the president is not in control. The most powerful person there is, is not in control. There's always something beyond our control.
And that makes us mad, angry, frustrated, rebellious. Most anybody at one time or another does something to exercise his control, to demonstrate some power over something, if it's only to choose to say bad words, hit or break something, or do something bad for us.
Until we have faith. Or more precisely, until faith finds us.
Faith means trusting in God -- that he has power. Faith is giving up our power to God, giving him all the options.
You see it on the highway when a car behind you passes you up, only to slow down after they pass. That driver doesn't want anyone in front of him. He wants to be in control. And speeders and people who pass where there's a yellow stripe, these are just people who don't want to think that there's anything in control of them, even the law. They know that there is, there has to be, but in this small thing, if they can get away with it, they are in control.
But the fact is, they are not in control. I am not in control; you are not in control. President Bush is not in control of what the press asks him, or even if he has to answer. Even the president is not in control. The most powerful person there is, is not in control. There's always something beyond our control.
And that makes us mad, angry, frustrated, rebellious. Most anybody at one time or another does something to exercise his control, to demonstrate some power over something, if it's only to choose to say bad words, hit or break something, or do something bad for us.
Until we have faith. Or more precisely, until faith finds us.
Faith means trusting in God -- that he has power. Faith is giving up our power to God, giving him all the options.
