Looking Up

Have you ever gotten so bogged down in your own problems and struggles that you forget about God? I have, I do. Frequently, in fact. I tend to get my mind and eyes focused on my own worries, cares, and concern. I forget to look up at Jesus and keep my eyes steady on him and his goodness.
I taught on Moses last week and was pointing out observations from his burning bush experience (Exodus 3-4) and observed that Moses was really focused on himself, his own inadequacies, and his own reasons why he couldn't do what God was asking him to do. God's response - I made you! I am God! Stop looking at yourself, look at me!
I think this story of Moses hits so true because we like to look at ourselves and not at God. I would rather be concerned about my daily life then believe that God has seen my sufferings and knows it all (Exodus 3:7-10). I would rather complain about my inadequacies then believe that God made me with them and is able (Exodus 4:10-17).
Whenever we get stuck in drudgery - in complaining, in looking down, in being hopeless - we must learn to re-direct our eyes and look to God. Look at his beauty, his mercy, his grace. We must remember his past workings and look at how he is working. We must believe that he really is bigger and he is able.