In July of 1993 an offshore oil rig northeast of Aberdeen, Scotland had a catastrophic failure. The entire rig caught fire and eventually exploded. The cause was attributed to a safety valve that had been removed and not replaced.
Why would anyone do that? It was part of a safety inspection
to see if the rig was a safe work environment.
Many times, our attempts to ‘fix’ things make
them worse. We may think that our judging of things will make them better. They
rarely do.
Consider what the Scriptures teach in James
5:9, “Do not complain, brethren, against one another, so that you yourselves
may not be judged; behold, the Judge is standing right at the door.”
Our complaints often lead to discouragement disputes and blowups without ever doing anything to help the thing we are
complaining about. Instead trying to be the judge, a position we are not qualified
for, let’s be a helper or a fixer. Instead
of pulling things apart, let’s work to strength and build them up.
Let’s not create problems
let's work to keep them at bay.
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