Let’s talk about spiders and mosquito nets.
(Caution: cheesy analogy/rambling starts.. now!)
Okay. So obviously Nicaragua has spiders. Rather big spiders in my opinion. Ask any one of my teammates how I feel about spiders, and I’m sure you will get the same reaction and a few laughs each time.
On our packing list, we were told to bring a mosquito net. You know for Mosquitos (of course) and other little pests like that, but in my case… I keep my bug net up JUST to make sure spiders don’t make their way into my bed.
So I put this thing above my bed, crawl under it at night and trust that it will keep anything with more than two legs out.
Normally, I get under that thing and fall right to sleep but last night I felt something tickle my back and of course I freaked out– I mean wouldn’t you? I quickly uncovered, and raised my shirt to find.. Get ready– you got it! A big scary tag! Yes, the tag of my shirt had given me this near death experience. (I may be exaggerating just a bit, but I’m really not!) Relieved, I eventually fell right back asleep.
The next morning I woke up and remembered what happened and found myself laughing at the situation. But it left me thinking that our relationship with God is kind of like my relationship with this mosquito net..
We hang it above our bed, crawl under and “trust” it. Or do we? When we pray for things or God tells us what we should do, (maybe something hard, or something you have to give up or say to someone) we trust him for a short time and in the middle of the night (our situation) we freak out, get scared, and all of the sudden we don’t trust him any more. We think we may have made a mistake by praying a certain prayer or we just start leaning on our own understanding. For absolutely no reason. Whether we want to believe it or not, God ONLY wants the best for us, and He knows what is best. Just Trust.
Leaving y’all with this. Don’t let your relationship with God be like my relationship with this mosquito net.. Don’t just hang him above your bed, crawl under him and “trust” him while you sleep at night. You hang him above your bed CONFIDENTLY, crawl under him with TRUST and sleep in PEACE. The whole time. This was my mistake, I felt just a little doubt that my bug net failed me and freaked out. When you feel something in the middle of the night (your flesh fighting the spirit, other people’s opinions) Don’t freak out, don’t doubt even a little, keep sleeping and trust your mosquito net.
