Many of us have morning routines. My routine most mornings is to get dressed, do my hair and makeup and then head towards the kitchen to gather the kid’s book bags, jackets and lunches. I then sit down with a cup of coffee and read a chapter in the Bible and pray. As I sat to pray, I had a weight of anxieties and to do lists heavy on my heart. It was then that I felt the Holy Spirit prompting me to lay these anxieties at His feet.
As I began to name everything weighing heavy on me: future job, kid’s health, relationships with friends and spouse, check engine lights being on in both of our vehicles, finances…I did begin to feel the heaviness lift. My concerns were still real and still a part of my life but I still felt better. Each of these anxieties could seem like small things individually but all stacked on top of each other it instead feels like cinder blocks on my chest. I began to picture stacking Jenga blocks on top of one another. At first the blocks seem stable and solid but the higher I stack the more the tower begins to sway before it inevitably crashes to the ground. I was beginning to feel like these Jenga blocks being stacked and swaying. If one more piece is placed on my heart the whole thing may come crashing down.
I will tell you now just how good God is because He was witnessing my Jenga block tower of anxieties and just how tall it was getting. He could see the tower begin to sway and He prompted me to begin naming each piece to Him. He cares about each of these pieces because He cares about me. As I finished sharing my heart I then opened the Bible to read Psalm 99 and the very first verse was:
Psalm 99:1
The LORD is king; let the peoples tremble!
Wow! I had just listed off a whole slew of things that were causing me to tremble and I needed this reminder that the LORD is king and He wants me to only tremble before Him. He lovingly reminded me that He is king over me, He is king over my circumstances, He is king over my possessions, relationships, finances, and future. Rather than tremble over these pieces of my life He wanted to remind me that He is king, that He has the best in mind for me and that He sees this tower and He is my firm foundation. He is the Rock that cannot be moved. I was reminded to not tremble because of my anxieties but to instead turn my attention to Him and tremble before Him. He sees me and He sees you. He beckons me to His side and he beckons you too. He is gently coaxing you and me to share our hearts with Him so He can firmly place us on His solid foundation.
What does your Jenga tower currently look like? Are the blocks adding up and swaying in the wind? I want to encourage you to sit down and name your pieces to the LORD. Then go back and read this verse again and be reminded that the LORD is king over all of these pieces in our lives. When we come before Him and recognize that He is sovereign and we entrust Him with our worries, then, rather than shake from our anxieties we will be reminded to tremble before Him. We can hand Him our pieces and trust that we can build our lives on His firm foundation.
The LORD is king; let the peoples tremble! Psalm 99:1
Great analogy. Thank you.
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