When I've got a problem, I do tend to harp on, and I really shouldn't.
The ideal is actually this:
Repeat out loud, every time the problem knocks on the door for a chat:
- All is well
- God is looking after me
- God has already solved the problem
[All of these are true.]
Is this absolving myself of responsibility?
No, because, if I'm asking daily what to do (the steering and the rowing), I will be shown, and that's my only part.
I need not understand a jot about how the solution is actually the solution.
I need only steer and row.
What is steering?
Scheduling (in accordance with God's revealed will).
What is rowing?
Doing what's on the schedule.
After a certain point, absolutely nothing more need be said.
And nothing more should be said.
God's job for me:
Leaving problems in God's hands rather than sneaking up to pick them back out again.