Issue 1800 – Juggling – August 29, 2025
Stress, tension, and pressure are things that all of us have experienced. Sometimes, even those words are enough to make our hearts beat faster and our palms sweat. We think of them as very negative things, yet they don’t have to be. Stress, tension, and pressure actually make the world work.
Atoms hold together because of the stress and pressure of varying magnetic forces within them. Our galaxy and the billions like it would collapse without both centrifugal force and gravity.
A nail doesn’t hold anything until it is hammered into something. A screw must bite with its threads to hold anything. A staple must have its ends bent to hold paper. A pushpin or tack must be forced into place to hold. A clothespin holds clothing up because of the pressure exerted by the spring.
Stress, pressure, and tension surround us. Sometimes, just juggling the things of life causes almost unbearable stress.
Even our relationships with others and our daily lives are typically described with terms that have forces and stresses as an inherent factor.
We fall in love. We are repulsed by something. We are attracted to someone. We need a kick start in the morning. We hold on for dear life. We can hardly contain our joy. We’re so angry we could burst.
Overriding all these things is the force that holds everything together.
Sorry, guys, but that force is not duct tape. Duct tape holds a lot of things, but there is something better for this purpose.
That better force is, of course, God. He is not an impersonal force, but a loving God intimately involved with His creation. If we were to withdraw His presence and influence, no amount of force could hold the universe together. No amount of nails, screws, glue, duct tape, or atomic energy could keep it all from collapsing.
God designed his creation, including you and me, to handle a certain amount of stress, tension, and pressure. We often take on more of them than He designed us to handle. When that happens, we often turn to tools and coping strategies of our own making in an effort to hold it all together. Those things will eventually let us down.
King David stumbled and fell often, but he knew where to turn for refuge when things got too hard to handle.
For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him.He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken.On God rests my salvation and my glory; my mighty rock, my refuge is God. Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us. Psalm 62:5-8
As you face the struggles of life, do you rely on man-made tools or trust in the power of God to get you through?
When it all gets too much, lay it at His feet and trust in the one who loves you enough to die for you.
Until next time, may you trust in the One who truly holds all
things together. May you walk in the presence of God.
Hallelu Yah (Praise God)
Be blessed,
Kevin
Gleanings From The Word – Experience an extraordinary God in ordinary life.
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