Day 2: Fight or Surrender?

“So what are we doing today?”  he asked combing his hands through my hair, holding it out to check the length and condition of the ends.

“Keep the length mostly.  Just clean it up and thin it out.  A lot.”

Trying to conceal his smirk, he brought the thinning shears over.  “Listen, I can thin your hair all over like you always ask me to if that’s what you want.  And eventually you will have no hair.  Look at the teeth on this thing.  You see, this time it cuts the hair at one spot, the next time, it cuts it off at another spot.  Eventually, if you keep using these shears all over your head you will be left with no hair.”

“Umm, well, I really want to keep my hair.” Fear works well with me.  And fear can wreak havoc on me.

“I’ll do it however you want.  But you can either fight your hair or go with it.”

Do I spend more energy fighting God or going along with Him?  Embracing the place He has me and exploring Him? Or digging my heels in determined to stay my own course?

So when I’m faced with circumstances I don’t like, I have 2 basic choices.  To fight or to surrender. Do you ever find yourself fighting life?  Fighting your circumstances?  Fighting against the place God has put you?

So I must ask myself, why do I fight so hard?  Is it the comfort factor?  The snake of fear slithering its way through my soul?  Hissing lies that threaten to prevent me from experiencing the best God has to offer me now.

I’m challenged to ask myself the question that must be answered when I find myself fighting to maintain my comfort level.  Is this a fight worth fighting?  My short term solution for comfort could lead to long-term devastating results.

Lord, give me the wisdom and discernment to know when to fight and when to surrender.  Amen

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