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A WORD WITH YOU
By Ron Hutchcraft
#5252 - "Why Your Big Bowl Suddenly Got Small"
Psalm 23:1
Once upon a time, the Hutchcraft family had a little fantail
goldfish, and what did our daughter name him? Well, of course, Fanny.
And the time came for Fanny's murky old fishbowl water to get
changed. Of course, he had to be in water while that was happening or
he would have developed severe respiratory difficulties. So, we put
Fanny into this cramped, tiny little bowl and we put it in the
kitchen sink - poor little fish. He would try to swim as usual, and
he just kept bumping into the sides of the bowl a lot because they
came a lot sooner than usual! It really, obviously, was not fun being
in that shrunken little environment, but hey, the purpose was to
improve his world - right!
I'm Ron Hutchcraft and I want to have A Word With You today
about "Why Your Big Bowl Suddenly Got Small."
If you think about the goldfish, frustrated in a world that
suddenly got smaller, you might be able to see a picture of yourself
and what God is doing all this for.
Our word for today from the Word of God in Psalm 23:1 gives us
familiar words and it describes some of the wonderful ways that God
provides for us, leads us, and restores us. You know these words,
"The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want." In Jesus, you have
a Shepherd who knows exactly what you need and when you need it. Now
here comes one of His methods for meeting your needs, "He makes me
lie down in green pastures." That part - that's got a little sting in
it, those words, "He makes me lie down." Like I hadn't planned to
stop. I may not want to stop. "Hey, someone just hit the brakes! My
world suddenly shrank!"
You could be in a time like that right now because of an injury,
a change at work, a burden that's been added to you that's slowed you
down, a health setback, a financial setback, or maybe because of a
closed door or a lost relationship. If you were a goldfish, you might
be saying, "Hey, I was swimming along in a much bigger bowl. Why did
my world suddenly get smaller?"
Here's part of the answer in Psalm 23:3, "He restores my soul.
He guides me in paths of righteousness for His name's sake." God
wants to restore your soul. He wants to give you specific guidance,
and maybe neither one can happen as long as you're swimming full
speed in your fast-moving world. Our goldfish probably didn't realize
it, but we put him temporarily in a little bowl so we could improve
his world. After his frustrating, but brief time in a little bowl, he
returned to a better, brighter world in his big, clean bowl.
We're like that. For us to have the better perspective, the
closer walk, the inner power that Jesus wants to give us, He often
has to slow us down and temporarily shrink our world. Years ago when
my very active wife was bedridden for seven months recovering from
hepatitis, she said, "You know, God used this time to do something
wonderful. He has cleansed my schedule." Hard process - liberating
result. You know, that is often God's way.
He makes us lie down. He makes us slow down. He makes us quiet
down so He can restore a beat-up soul that He could never restore at
the pace we usually travel, and to give us some direction in our
stressed-out mind. We can't hear His voice sometimes until He slows
us down. Isn't it interesting that the Bible says, "Be still and know
that I am God." So don't worry if you suddenly find yourself in a
smaller bowl. God is calling you to a timeout so he can return you to
a better and brighter world!
Copyright (c) 2007, Ron Hutchcraft. Reprinted with permission.
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