The Greatest Of All Illusions

Pete Wilson — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:27:33 +0000

We’re in a series entitled Faith, Hope & Love at Cross Point where we’ve been looking at how God uses our faith to increase our intimacy and trust with Him. As usual I’ve found myself in the middle of struggling with the very topic I’m in the midst of teaching about.

I’ve got a situation that is driving me absolutely crazy.

I want answers.

I want explanations.

I want guarantees.

I want control.

And yet what God wants is for me to simply trust Him.

Over the past two days I’ve felt God saying, “Pete, take your hands off of this. Stop trying to control and maintain what you cannot control and maintain.”

I bet there are a lot of you who are just like me. We have fallen victim to faithless lives because we’ve bought into the illusion of control.

And control IS the greatest of all illusions.

Fighting For Control

Pete Wilson — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:13:14 +0000

Every day millions of people are fighting for it. Their quest causes…

marriages to explode

jobs to be lost

reputations to be damaged

relationships to drift

kids to be pushed a way

And for what? All for the achievement of one of the greatest and most addictive illusions of our life: control

I love the way my friend Chad Jarnagan said it yesterday, “Control is never achieved when sought after directly. It is the surprising outcome of letting go.”

What is it you’re trying to control and manipulate that you should be giving back to God?

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The Greatest Of All Illusions

Fighting For Control