Surrender!

For most people, a working day is a day spent labouring under a delusion!
You see most people who go to work, do so to pay for their lives, to keep a roof over their head, to feed the hungry mouths of their families and so on. Most people who start a business do so because they wish one day to escape the toil of 'work', usually by putting in 16 hour days in the first few years, hoping they will be able to delegate themselves out of the 'grind' or better still, sell up and 'retire'. It's why so many people play the lottery, it's why some turn away from legitimate enterprise and engage in darker ways!
Most people, have turned away from the truth, probably because they think that what is offered is no better, or even worse, than what they have now. And I have to say, that from the outside, it seems the truth merely competes with the chaos, and represents only one option in a smorgasbord of alternatives. However, the 'Truth' is the truth. We can bury our heads in the sand and believe it isn't there - but it remains. We can look the other way and whistle, to drown out the noise it makes - but it remains. We can claim to have embraced one of the other alternatives, "so there is no point discussing it!" - but it remains. It is the Truth. It is and always will be. In fact the delusion, is not in embracing the Truth but in rejecting it, just because it needs faith to accept.
This week I encountered some wonderful words of wisdom that demonstrate how the Truth will set us free, so that our working lives can be so much more fruitful and satisfying and joyful. Bob Gass writes "Until we accept and cooperate with the law of gravity, we can't fly. Until we accept and cooperate with the law of economics, we can't succeed in business. Getting the idea? Surrendering to God is not weakness, it's wisdom. Only a fool resists God, because it's a fight we can't win. It's in surrendering to Him that we are empowered to succeed in what He's called us to do.".
Of course the key part of this, is 'surrender'. If our working day, whether through a job or business, isn't in line with His will, it's going to fail. We really don't have any control over the bigger picture of this reality, we can only add or take away flavour from the dish. Those who embrace His Truth, flow with the current, energy is saved and we find peace. No longer do we thrash against insurmountable tide, but are gently carried.
So why do so many thrash against the tide? Because they believe the rubbish they were raised on, that 'they must make their own way in life'. The Truth permeates all things - some years ago a large group of cockle-pickers were drowned on Morcambe sands. They were caught out by the returning tide, which rushes into the bay faster than a galloping horse. However, it doesn't return like a tidal wave, the water level just appears and then rises rapidly. The sands are notoriously dangerous even when the tide is out, but when the water returns the sand becomes quicksand. When people try to escape the water they panic and get stuck. They have usually wandered miles from safety. The truth is this - if you listen to those who know, you won't get caught out, but if you did, the truth is this - you simply lie down and surrender - and the tide lifts you, and you do not drown. Indeed the tide carries you towards the shore, where you will be saved.
So if your day has been, or will be, spent ignoring the truth, why not surrender and find peace?
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." (Matthew 11:28).