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I was cycling the exact same route for several days in a row. However, the wind direction – and speed – changed each day. I went from having a tail wind on a stretch of road one day, to a head wind on the same section of road the next. I saw my average speed double with the wind behind me, and drop to half when it was against me. It was quite noticeable!

If we always help people with everything, they will struggle to learn how to do that for themselves. At the same time, we need to balance helping someone learn, with helping someone thrive. It takes time to let people learn, but it is so much rewarding for everybody when we let them – and resist that urge to just get the job done ourselves.

God wants us to do well. But that doesn’t mean a good job, with a nice house, 2.4 children, a new car every year and an amazing retirement plan. It may be that there is some comfort for you in your life! But that isn’t how God ever measures success in our lives, because God cares for our hearts far more than our physical comfort. And, to be honest, that physical comfort often gets in the way of our relying on Jesus anyway.

Do remember that, just because you can, doesn’t mean you should! 

So, take everything to the Lord in prayer – whether good or bad – to ensure you’re being pushed enough to encourage you, rather than make you lazy. And, to ensure that any headwinds are good for you, rather than those headwinds actually being God trying to gently dissuade you from a wrong path.

Just a thought…

Andy B

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