Are you holding on to a “so-so” position in cabin service because you have been doing it for 20 years, you are comfortable in it, and it seems to have a fair amount of job security? Maybe God wants you to stay put. Then again, maybe he doesn’t.
Human beings are not very comfortable with change.
This is because change, even change for the good, is often painful. It is amazing how often we choose the misery we know over the possible solution we do not. This is especially true if our lives have been marked with more loss than most.
Our tendency is to try to hold on to what we have left, sometimes at any cost. The popular phrase “Let go and let God” applies here in the negative sense that often we do just the opposite. “Grip tightly and keep God at a distance” might be a better description of our practical theology.
What we have trouble understanding is that anything we try to hold on to above holding on to God eventually slips through our fingers anyway.
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.” -Proverbs 3:5-6 (ESV)
