My grandfather was an expert gardener. We were fed from his field every spring, summer and fall. And he was serious about the bugs and the weeds. He used to pay me a nickel for every potato bug I picked. I dropped those little striped beetles into a coffee can and proudly handed it over to him to inspect. I did not pull weeds in Pop Pop’s garden, however, he was in charge of that. I didn’t know his garden like he did. My little hand was not as steady or discerning as his and may have misjudged, uprooting a carrot or vine instead.
There are some things better left to my Father. God’s word tells me to walk in His ways, according to His Word and then I will be delivered. Some spend a lifetime trying to remove sin and bondage from their lives. God’s word tells me not to trust my ways but to fix my eyes on His ways and give my problems to Him. He will remove them. And if He doesn’t, for reasons only He knows, my eyes will still be fixed on Him and His ways.
I have spent years of my life with my eyes fixed on my shortcomings and some I am simply powerless to change. No amount of observation fixes them. No amount of stomping flattens them. No amount of fighting weakens them. When I depend on God, I grow with Him. He is the expert gardener of my life. He blesses the bounty and withers the weeds. He delivers me.
He that trusts in his own heart is a fool: but whoever walks wisely, he shall be delivered. Proverbs 28:26
Meeting God at the Park 