Stubbornness

“The LORD is good to those who depend on him, to those who search for him. So it is good to wait quietly for salvation from the LORD.” Lamentations 3:25-26 NLT

Are you one to do it yourself? Even when you come upon difficulty and the YouTube videos weren’t much help, do you stubbornly say, I can do it when you know you can’t. You still refuse to ask for help. Perhaps this is more about pride than stubbornness. Both are not good qualities for a follower of Jesus.

I had such an experience the other morning when attempting to complete a government form on-line. Although I read and re-read the instructions it wouldn’t let me proceed past the first page. I must have been doing something wrong, but the more I reviewed it the more I determined I became there must be a glitch in the system. After printing out the forms to fill out and send by snail mail, I realized that is not what I wanted to do time wise. So, I stubbornly tried again to complete it over the web with the same results. Then I did something I should have done at the first sign of trouble, pray. Not only did I pray, but the Lord reminded me of the morning verse on my Bible app that day, “The LORD is good to those who depend on him, to those who search for him. So it is good to wait quietly for salvation from the LORD.” (Lam.3:25-26 nlt) The new result was successful when I used the browser that was recommended by the government site. Yes, I read and re-read that, but I guess my stubbornness got in the way.

The Lord desires that we all depend on Him. Yes, He does give us skills and wisdom for our use, but there are times when He just wants us to go to Him for guidance and assurance. It may be His way of testing us if we are going to ask Him for help, or in our stubbornness say ‘I got this’ even though we don’t. The Lord is always good to us as we ask Him for help. You may as well ask Him when you need help because He already knows you can’t do it. Don’t let your stubbornness get in the way.