Imust settle once and for all where my responsibility rests. I am a notorious worrier, wanting to control every facet of my life, and fearful of anything that is not under my control. Now God challenges me, “Who’s going to run your life?” If it is I, then I must bear the responsibility; if God, He must bear the responsibility.
My Bible tells me, “The government shall be upon his shoulder” (Isaiah 9:6, KJV). It also tells me that when Jesus found me He placed me on His shoulders (Luke 15:5). There is no question here as to who bears the responsibility for me. Peter says, “Throw all your anxiety onto Him, for His concern is about you” (1 Peter 5:7, Berkeley).
I cannot have two masters; therefore, I must make a choice. If I choose God as myf Master, I must relinquish all responsibility to myself. This means I cannot be perplexed about God’s will for my life, for if it is His responsibility, then He must inform me, not I Him. All anxieties should cease for, if they do not, then I have assumed charge once again. If the government is really on His shoulder, then all questions should cease. For God will make clear to me at the right time what I need to know and what I need to do. Also, restlessness should cease, for restlessness means I am not in control, I am not on top of things. Being “on top of things” is now God’s business and not mine. Therefore I rest.
My sole responsibility is not responsibility but response. I merely look to the “hand” and the “eyes” of my Master (Psalm 123:2) and respond to His wishes. I obey with alacrity and that is my triumph and my joy! Then I hear myself saying with the psalmist, “I delight to do Thy will, O my God” (Psalm 40:8).
“I urge you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is … good and acceptable and perfect” (Romans 12:1–2).
Daily with the King 