Lord, I need you
Hey friends!!
This morning, I was baking with some of the sweet children I care for. I am soaking in the Fall season now that it is September. We decided to make sourdough pumpkin scones.
The kids look turns helping me find ingredients, pouring measuring cups of ingredients into the bowl, stirring, and inevitably enjoying the mess & excitement along the way. One of our ingredients was heavy cream - delicious & rich, but creating a challenge in pouring a full measuring cup of liquid. It was my four-year-old’s turn to pour the next ingredient. After I filled the 1/2 cup, she lifted the cup carefully trying to balance it. After some sloshed onto the counter, she set the cup back down & looked up from her stepstool. “I want to do it, but I need your help. Can we pour it together?”
I smiled at her humble articulation & we poured in the heavy cream together.
I wish that I functioned like this four-year-old more often. I hardly ever ask for help or recognize my shortcomings. I am a capable person. AND. I can’t do everything. I need help sometimes.
Then Jesus said, ‘Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.’”
Matthew 11:28-30
Well, guess what?! We don’t have to do anything on our own. We get the undeserved privilege of following the Lord and serving Him in our words & actions. We get to rely on our Savior for direction and guidance. We can rest in great confidence knowing He cares for us & carries our burdens.
As a believer, I am called to live in a posture of surrender & trust. I know that I am inevitably incapable of many things. My desires to ‘do it myself’ or push myself harder, or follow my own inclinations is simply prideful. Who am I to think that I know best or can do it better on my own?
Serving the Lord in surrender & trust calls for some humility. For me - this is realizing I am nothing without Christ. Every breath & step is a blessing to not take for granted. Any celebration or success should be turned back to Him in joy & gratitude. It means in daily life, I don’t have to carry my anxieties, but prayerfully give them over to the Lord, knowing He will hold them for me. I would encourage you to do the same, sweet friends!
Leaving you will this last sentiment - the lyrics to “Lord, I need you” by Matt Maher
Lord I come, I confess
Bowing here, I find my rest
Without You, I fall apart
You're the one that guides my heart
Lord, I need You, oh, I need You
Every hour, I need You
My one defense, my righteousness
Oh God, how I need You
Where sin runs deep, Your grace is more
Where grace is found is where You are
And where You are, Lord, I am free
Holiness is Christ in me
Lord, I need You, oh, I need You
Every hour, I need You
My one defense, my righteousness
Oh God, how I need You
So teach my song to rise to You
When temptation comes my way
And when I cannot stand, I'll fall on You
Jesus, You're my hope and stay
Lord, I need You, oh, I need You
Every hour, I need You
My one defense, my righteousness
Oh God, how I need You
You're my one defense, my righteousness
Oh God, how I need You
My one defense, my righteousness
Oh God, how I need You