You're Only Human

Irrespective of our different personalities, we've all been in a place where, with everything weighing us down, with the pressures of life coming at us from every angle, we've reached breaking point. It's all up to me, but I just can't handle it! Now what? You likely heard the common theory of Type A and Type B personality types. Type A people are highly driven, competitive, and constantly racing the clock — success fuels them, but stress often ensues. They push hard, feel urgency, struggle with impatience. The more they take on, the closer they get to breaking point. Type B people, on the other hand, tend to be more relaxed and unhurried. They take life as it comes, valuing balance over ambition, relationships over success. And while, on the one hand, they feel pressure less frequently, when they do, it's far more devastating for them. In reality, we're all somewhere between those two extremes, each with our own personality shaped both by both nature and nurture. However you're wired, that "breaking point" is triggered through the delusion that it's all up to me! The flawed logic does something like this: It's broken. It needs fixing. I'm the only one who can make it right. But it's way beyond my power to do so. So when you find yourself at that point, here's some godly wisdom to get you through: Ecclesiastes 6:10-11 You are only what you were created to be—a human, and it is useless to argue about it. People cannot argue with God about this because he is more powerful than they are, and a long argument will not change that fact. The bottom line is this: you're only human. Let God be God. He's the One with the power to make it right. That's His Word. Fresh … for you … today.