Wow. I think my week was pretty much just made a few minutes ago.
I'm a stresser. I get stressed. It's just what I do. Because I'm me, I waited 'til tonight to write a news story for the school paper. Oh, and it was due yesterday. Yeah, I wouldn't have it any other way.
So naturally, I get home and I'm stressed; beating myself up because I have hardly 10 quotes to make a 600-word story. I called a guy from the school board for an interview, and he hasn't called back, I'm on a time-crunch and I have an iffy main source.
Ughhhh why do I do this to myself.
So I'm sitting on my bed mulling over how much of an idiot I am for waiting this long, dreading going up to the cold computer room and facing the barren wasteland of an empty Word document.
A hear a still, small voice.
"Give it to Jesus!"
Mmm, this is not important enough, I doubt Jesus'll care.
Wait... WHAT?! I DOUBT JESUS WILL CARE?!!?
So I pray right then and there. I tell the Father the story is in His hands. I'll give my best, but Jesus is officially taking the reins.
So I'm struggling to piece this thing together, and I'm about ready to pull my hair out. Finally, I just lean back in my chair and close my eyes. I had to take a break.
Annnnnd my phone rings.
I pull it out, it says "Anonymous".
I answer it.
"Hi, this is Mr. Griffin, I'm calling back to speak with Matt Kenyon regarding an interview."
I honestly can't describe my heart then. In that moment, I felt as if I had just witnessed someone being raised from the dead... as if I had just single-handedly felt the love of Jesus Christ. Jesus recognized my stress, and he sent an answer.
It got me thinking. When we sing songs like I Surrender All, we give all the important things to Jesus. The sexual sin, the lying to our parents, the temper we so frequently lose. Do we ever think that when Jesus told us to surrender all, he meant the everyday, silly stuff, too? It may seem mundane or unimportant, but Jesus wants you to give it all up -- every last drop.
I'm a stresser. I get stressed. It's just what I do. Because I'm me, I waited 'til tonight to write a news story for the school paper. Oh, and it was due yesterday. Yeah, I wouldn't have it any other way.
So naturally, I get home and I'm stressed; beating myself up because I have hardly 10 quotes to make a 600-word story. I called a guy from the school board for an interview, and he hasn't called back, I'm on a time-crunch and I have an iffy main source.
Ughhhh why do I do this to myself.
So I'm sitting on my bed mulling over how much of an idiot I am for waiting this long, dreading going up to the cold computer room and facing the barren wasteland of an empty Word document.
A hear a still, small voice.
"Give it to Jesus!"
Mmm, this is not important enough, I doubt Jesus'll care.
Wait... WHAT?! I DOUBT JESUS WILL CARE?!!?
So I pray right then and there. I tell the Father the story is in His hands. I'll give my best, but Jesus is officially taking the reins.
So I'm struggling to piece this thing together, and I'm about ready to pull my hair out. Finally, I just lean back in my chair and close my eyes. I had to take a break.
Annnnnd my phone rings.
I pull it out, it says "Anonymous".
I answer it.
"Hi, this is Mr. Griffin, I'm calling back to speak with Matt Kenyon regarding an interview."
I honestly can't describe my heart then. In that moment, I felt as if I had just witnessed someone being raised from the dead... as if I had just single-handedly felt the love of Jesus Christ. Jesus recognized my stress, and he sent an answer.
It got me thinking. When we sing songs like I Surrender All, we give all the important things to Jesus. The sexual sin, the lying to our parents, the temper we so frequently lose. Do we ever think that when Jesus told us to surrender all, he meant the everyday, silly stuff, too? It may seem mundane or unimportant, but Jesus wants you to give it all up -- every last drop.
5 comments:
Thanks Matt for your small stuff account today, I needed to hear that as I have 2 assignments and a quiz due by midnight tomorrow for a class I'm taking, and well let's just say I'm a procrastinator too. I know that Jesus wants to be a part of the small stuff, we just have step out of the way and give it to him!
Matt that is so true! I procrastinate all the time. You nailed it. You’re right, he doesn’t want just the big stuff because he cares about us and every part of our lives. He wants it all. Just like the song “I’m giving everything to you not holding back but every part. I’m giving it all to you.” Don’t hold any thing back because he wants everything. Just remember that he might not always answer our prayers the way we want them answered because one of these days we are guna have to learn that procrastination is not always a good idea.
~Sarah~
Thanks again Matt for making even us adults sit back and think. I think we all only want to give the big stuff to God because we don't want to bother (as if we could) Him. We need to realize that he tells us over and over again in scripture not to worry and to give it ALL to Him. Thanks for humbling me and really getting me to think. AGAIN!!!
hahaha love it man God works in mysterious ways. oh BTW i got a new guitar, classical accoustic. im learnin tears in heaven, red hot, and (i) get lost- with it, call me some time man. -Gage
Matt, you amaze me with your insight. Thanks for reminding me of what God continues to try and tell me on a regular basis.
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