An Adjustment is Needed.

Have you ever had one of those times when you were holding onto to something so tightly, then someone comes along and says,
“Let go, an adjustment is needed.”

I heard a story were such an occurrence happened.

There was a couple who were happily sleeping under a duvet.
At some point in the night the 1st partner (I’m not going to say whether it was the husband or the wife, 🙂 ) complained, “I need some more duvet, I’m getting cold!”
The 2nd partner responded, “You already have most of the duvet, you can’t have the little that I’m left with!”
But the 1st insisted that they were cold.
The 2nd partner eventually turned the light on, then looked at what was going on. They then got out of the bed, went round to the 1st partner and said, “Please let go of the duvet.”.
The 1st partner did just that. The 2nd partner then took the corner of the duvet and walked it down the bed, covering the 1st’s legs. They then took the other corner that the 1st was holding onto, and then brought it over their shoulders.
The 2nd partner, then duly went back to bed, and said, “We can both go to sleep, warm under the duvet now.” (Other words, muttering or joking may have been said. 🙂 )

An adjustment was needed.

The 1st partner was holding on so tightly to the duvet in the wrong way, so that it wasn’t keeping them warm.
They had everything they needed to be warm, but an adjustment was needed.
Thankfully the 1st partner allowed the 2nd partner to make the needed adjustment.

Can we sometimes make the same mistake of holding onto, too tightly …….. ?
Do we then, need to allow an adjustment to be made?

Can we sometimes find ourselves in places where we feel out of our depth, and then just cling to whatever we can?
Could we release our grip and instead cling to Our Lord God?

The Israelites at the Red Sea, had to effectively let go of Egypt and step into what God had planned for them. (Exodus chapter 14)

In 1 Kings 17:7-16 we can read how a widow who didn’t have enough to feed herself and her son, then goes onto to feed Elijah, herself and her son, as she makes an adjustment and follows Elijah’s instructions to make him some bread, even though she didn’t have enough for herself.

1 kings 17:14
¹⁴ For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be used up and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the Lord sends rain on the land.’”

As the widow gave what she had, back to God by feeding Elijah, she was then able to supply not only Elijah’s needs, but also her own, and her son’s needs.
She made an adjustment and God provided.

Is there an adjustment that we need to make to our thinking or actions?
Will we release what we have, to allow God to be the provider of our needs?

Philippians 4:19
¹⁹ And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.