You intended to harm me,
but God intended it all for good.
He brought me to this position so I
could save the lives of many people.
Genesis 50:20
One of the traditions my bride and I have is to watch National Lampoon's "Christmas Vacation" every year. The scene that sticks in my mind the one where Clark Griswold has spent all day putting the lights on his house, checking and re-checking every bulb, and when the grand moment arrives, he calls all the family outside to bear witness. When he plugs the cords together, nothing happens and Clark is left in the dark depressed and angry after all the work he had invested didn't pay off.
We all have such moments in our lives where we invest ourselves and work very hard only to have nothing happen. Or you get reprimanded for "wasting so much time and energy." OR someone else gets the credit for your hard work and time investment. Then we are left angry, hurt, frustrated, and willing to lash out at whoever we can.
The more I thought about the movie, and the fact that, all it took was flipping the switch at the power source to light up the house, the answer is right there in front of us. We seem to forget (yes, I am one too) that God has been here before we ever arrived on scene, knew what was going to happen, and already had a plan in place before we were ever conceived to resolve our issue. You see, the switch we need to flip is the one where no matter what happens, we remember that God is the one in charge! It's HIS job to get us through this life! We need to stop trying to do His job!
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