Bob the Builder
I can still hear the theme song ringing in my mind. "Bob the builder, can we build it? YES, WE, CAN!" In the cartoon they played it every time Bob was needed. Bob is a cute little generic construction worker with blue overalls, a yellow hard hat, and a tool belt. Bob along with his buddies, who are living tools and machines, can fix anything. Bob, being told about a problem, will whip out his toolbox and the theme song plays. Then Bob, with a smile, begins fixing the problem with the ease and positive attitude that only a cartoon character can muster.
In Bob's cartoon world, the animator, who created he and his story, is his God. How often do we try to fix the problems in our life without our true God? "Move over God, I got this." We say to ourselves. While we can do all things through Christ, we can do nothing good without God. Nothing that we do in our own power will stand for long, but what God builds will stand forever! Only prayer to the Lord moves Heaven and hell and can bring the eternal fix or change that we need. It is only when we remove ourselves and turn everything over to God, that we can begin to see problems in our life get fixes that truly change for the good and last. We have to choose to remove our self pride, self confidence and trust God, not ourselves. That is hard to do. The world preaches self reliance and self confidence. Jesus teaches us that we can do nothing without God!
The greatest fixit men live their lives on their knees in prayer, because they know that only God brings good and lasting change. God can soften and change the hearts, minds and thinking of our enemies or business associates to our good. God can destroy our enemies and lay them at our feet. All the gold, silver and everything in this world belongs to God. God can move money or anything else from one place to another to make provision for a saint of His at anytime. Our Father works in ways that we wouldn't think of or can even comprehend.
To be truly successful, we must turn our lives over completely to the Lordship of Jesus and trust Him to make a way for us. We should fight our battles on our knees, in prayer about all things in our life. We have to take everything, in humility, to God. This is not what the world teaches us, but Jesus taught us that we can ask anything in His name and it will be done.
I know how impatient I can be. One of the most difficult things for me to do is to wait on God, in prayer and thanksgiving. Often God holds us still while he prepares a blessing or miracle to come to pass. He goes ahead of us softening hearts, preparing the way for us and in His time He opens a door for us. When that door opens, we have to choose to step through the door and receive what He has prepared for us, in thanksgiving.
I don't know about you, but in that time of waiting, I am like a race horse in the starting gate. I fram around in the gate, fussing and complaining, while I wait on God to pull the trigger on the starter pistol and the gate to fly open releasing me into His blessings. But God waits on me to calm down and he teaches me to be thankful and content where I am. I need to learn contentment, humility, thankfulness in the midst of my trials. The apostle Paul never prayed for our situation to change, but that we endure with thanksgiving. Jesus was beaten, humiliated in many ways and even betrayed by those closest to Him. He NEVER complained because he knew our Father despises murmuring and complaining. God sent His chosen people of Israel around the mountain in the wilderness for forty years during a journey that should have only taken a couple of weeks, because they would not stop murmuring and just be thankful for their freedom! They were even receiving Manna from heaven every day and yet, they still complained. Complain and you will remain. We have to learn to live on our knees praying with a thankful and contrite heart that we are being led by God.
Let us give thanks where we are and pray out our life to God, all of our life, things great and small. Let us renew our minds to the mind of Christ and hold all thoughts accountable to His word. Let us be lights in this world. While our salvation is personal, Jesus makes it clear that it should never be private. We should always be prepared to give our testimony. We should always be looking to guide the souls to God, that he chooses and calls to Him. It is ok to be anxious to fix things like Bob the builder, but always fix the 'things" in your life in the strength and mind of Christ. Then our 'things' will truly be 'fixed'.
Peace and joy be yours in Christ. Kenton
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