Get Out of The Way

When I'm at work, I have long conversations with people. Some people come to the country club when they know nobody else is in there, because they are looking for someone to talk to.

And it's okay- I love talking. And today, as one woman was sharing something with me, I shared with her some things I was worrying about. She gave me this profound statement:

"Never trouble trouble til trouble troubles you."

Sounds simple, but I thought it was profound.

Why worry about pressures before they pressure you? Why worry about troubles until they are troubling you?

Our conversation stopped there, but my thoughts didn't.

I thought about that all day. And I found myself saying, "I wish I knew that I was out of harm's way. I wish I knew I was out of trouble's way. I wish I knew how to get out of harm's way."

But you know, that's not possible.

There will never be a day for me, for anyone that has an absence of turmoil, that has an absence of hurt, that has an absence of worry, doubt, or the like.

But there's a promise we have from God. In John 14:27, Jesus says:  "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give you."

No where in that verse, or in the Bible, does it say, "When you're living life, you're going to have perfect times. You're not going to have turmoil, you're not going to get hurt, there will be nothing to worry about, and you will never have any reason to doubt."

But it does say, "Peace I leave with you..."

Get out of the way.

Don't get out of harm's way. Get out of God's way.


God is ready to step in and provide peace and healing for all of your worries, troubles, or problems.


When you start to realize that troubles are troubling you, or you're troubling trouble before troubles trouble you, get out of the way.


It's so easy to step right along into harm's way and try to find some kind of fulfillment or hope in someone or something on earth. But they can't give that perfect peace. Only God can.

So get out of His way. He invites you to cast your cares on Him (1 Peter 5:7). He wants to step in and help you. He thinks you're pretty special.

And you know what He says in Romans 8:32? "He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all- how will he not also, along with him, give us all things?"

Did you hear that? God gave the very best for you and I- His Son.

And if He gives us the very best, why don't we get out of the way and let Him take care of the rest?