Time To Call A Professional

And it will be said: 
“Build up, build up, prepare the road!
   Remove the obstacles out of the way of my people.”
For this is what the high and exalted One says—
   he who lives forever, whose name is holy:
“I live in a high and holy place,
   but also with the one who is contrite and lowly in spirit,
to revive the spirit of the lowly 
   and to revive the heart of the contrite.
I will not accuse them forever,
   nor will I always be angry,
for then they would faint away because of me—
   the very people I have created.
Isaiah 57:14-16 (NIV)

Amazing! God, is high and lifted up, who lives forever, also lives with those who are contrite and lowly in spirit. My problem is that when I am feeling down I don't always look to God. I kind of want to pull myself together first. 

The truth is that the more I try to pull myself together the worse things get. Once I was going to try to fix a drain pipe below the sink in one of our bathrooms. As soon as I started to remove it I realized it was beyond me. The previous owners had tried to just throw more pipes onto the problem. It was a mess. We had a plumber come and he fixed it. 

This is kind of like us with our problems, we try to fix things and just add more problems. When we are lowly in spirit it means that we realize that God alone can make things right. Joy comes in knowing that God wants to revive us. 

God knows our weaknesses, our frailty and our need for him. He wants to build us up and remove the obstacles from our way. 

Father, we need you to work in our lives, to build us up and remove the obstacles from our ways. We look to you and wait upon you to lift us up in you. Praise be to you in us today!