Simplified Organization: Learn to Love What Must Be Done

by Mystie Winckler

We have to be willing to call ourselves out when we catch ourselves grumbling about our life. All complaints are ultimately ingratitude to God, unbelief that He is doing good to and for us. But we shouldn’t merely accuse ourselves; accusation alone would leave us stuck in a guilt cul-de-sac. We repent of all complaining and grumbling, which means turning away from it. We must replace any internal lies with truth. What is the truth of the situation? Repeat that intentionally. We are characters in God’s story of redemption—His redemption of us as individuals and His redemption of a people through all history. From the very first day of history to the very last, God is telling a story. Sometimes the plot points our Author has assigned us are not what we would have written for ourselves, but we can trust Him as the One Who knows the beginning from the end, Who holds the whole world in His hands, Who knows what we need more than we do. Therefore, we must not complain, but walk in faith. After all, the Author has told us His overarching plot line and how it all works out in the end: creation, fall, redemption. So, as we narrate our story to ourselves—and to others—while living it out, we can always keep faithful to the revealed plot of Christ’s grace given on the cross, grateful to our loving and sovereign Author.